Bangkok Post: Opinion

Friday, November 23, 2012

Honour your maid, fight for women's rights

By Sanitsuda Ekachai

Charity begins at home. So do women's rights and gender equality. That's why who is doing the dishes at home is for me not a petty personal issue, but a political one. But whenever I raise this topic _ that a couple's equal share of household chores is an an indicator of gender equality in ...

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• 31 May 2010

  Back to normal, are we?

  By Sanitsuda Ekachai

  Normal. How sweet the word sounds, after two weeks of excruciating political tension which culminated in the torching of central Bangkok.Indeed, we have taken our normal lives for granted, complaining no end about the horrendous traffic, the perennial work and money worries, the endless family ...

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• 27 May 2010

  Saying ‘good riddance’ is no answer to our problems

  By Sanitsuda Ekachai

  If you are in the Thai Facebook social media network, you surely will have seen the video featuring the moving speech of actor Pongpat Wachirabanjong expressing his deep, protective love for His Majesty the King.Becoming an instant talk of the town, the speech has been circulated on social media ...

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• 07 May 2010

  Hate speech, free speech, and lese majeste law

  By Sanitsuda Ekachai

  Throughout the current political crisis the mainstream mass media has been under fire for playing along with state demonisation of the red shirts, which fans up hatred instead of fostering understanding for peace moves.Indeed, the media must seriously rethink its role in times of conflict. But in a ...

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