Group Photos of Speakers and Participants from onsite and online.
Mr. Sathian Thanprom, Representative from Foundation for Action on Inclusion Rights, Mr. Apichat Karunkornskul, President of Social Innovation Foundation and Mr. Kittinun Daramadhaj, Lawyer and President of Rainbow Sky Association of Thailand (RSAT), 3 main Speakers started the meeting.
Participants from online and onsite discuss about Discrimination in Thailand
Mr. Chayoot Homdee, Officer, Community Development/staff with Autism from APCD shared his direct experience on discrimination.
On Wednesday, 20 June 2025, the Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD), invited by with Social Innovation Foundation and MovED, setup meeting for knowledge exchange between Stakeholder’s, People’s Network, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), and Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (DPOs) at Social Innovation Foundation (SIF) in Bangkok and Online. Over 15 participants joined the meeting to understand each other organizations, people differences, challenges, society restriction remains, solution for society culture improvement and learn what society we want. This meeting proceeded by MovED and SIF.
MovED is the platform media connect to people, and multi stakeholder’s to break social barriers and eliminate discrimination in Thailand. MovED has 4 team strategy approaches including Team 1 promote the 'Law on Combating Discrimination against Individuals' and related policy laws. Team 2 foster shared learning among communities and networks of affected individuals, so they can understand diversity, avoid discrimination, and have the ability to strongly and powerfully promote and manage anti-stigma discrimination, while also expanding the network's coalition to be comprehensive and diverse. Team 3 communicate continuously with the public to build an understanding of diversity, respect human dignity, and also monitor and counter communication that stigmatizes and discriminates against vulnerable populations. And team 4 gather knowledge, data, facts, tools, and courses on the issue of anti-stigma discrimination, to be ready for use by the public, communities, and networks of affected individuals.
In addition, each stakeholder representatives from United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), Thai Family Link Association, Transportation 4 All, Thammikachon Foundation, Living Association Thailand and Disability Culture Chiangmai Association advocated and exchanged many ideas how to reduce discriminations and seek collaboration for the next event in mid of September.
