Manushya Foundation

Manushya is an intersectional feminist human rights organization reinforcing the power of humans to be at the heart of decision-making processes that concern them and to speak truth to power at the forefront of their fight for human rights, equality, social justice and peace.

Manushya Foundation has been the leading force in Thailand calling for accountability of corporations negatively impacting the rights of local communities and their environment. Through coalition-building and the establishment of the intersectional Thai Business & Human Rights Network, to the work on Thailand’s first National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, to the engagement in the negotiations for the international legally binding treaty on Business & Human Rights, to amplifying the voices of local communities at the United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms such as the Universal Periodic Review, and the CERD review specific to racial discrimination, Manushya has pushed for solutions that would bring justice to local communities and put People and the Planet over profit. With a clear vision of the looming climate crisis and corporations as its main culprits, Manushya Foundation has been leading the way for a Just, Inclusive, Green, and Feminist Transition, supporting local and indigenous communities in their fight against false climate solutions, criminalization, and murder of environmental activists, gold mining activities threatening health and having serious negative environmental impacts and false renewable energy projects that hurt their rights without tackling climate change. The following provides an explanation of our work on two of the cases related to corporate accountability and climate justice, which are being handled by Manushya.