Social development

Just over two weeks after the new year began, reports of domestic violence doubled from the rate of the same period last year. However, rights advocates say agencies in charge of handling the problem are slow to react and tend to view it as merely ...

While Asean has shown its willingness and readiness to help solve the Rohingya crisis and ensure the safe return of thousands of refugees, the situation in Rakhine state is not safe enough for stakeholders to get to work, Foreign Minister Don Pramuwinai said on Friday. ...

n a small bookshop in Suan Phlu, a lively district of Bangkok, an unusual conversation is taking place. Men and women crammed into the nooks and crannies between the books listen intently as Wipaphan Wongsawang picks up a microphone and gestures around her. “Women in ...

The Department of Health has set new targets for 2019, following evidence that an increasing number of Thai children are reported to be overweight and too short for their age.Keep reading ...

The healthcare sector is poised to be one of the key economic drivers in Thailand in the coming years, with government-led incentives and an increasing private-sector interest moving in tandem.Keep reading ...

A former public health minister has recommended the sufficiency economy philosophy and friend therapy as the means to sustain the country’s health security.“We need these solutions to deal with various challenges,” Mongkol na Songkhla, a former public health minister, said recently. Keep reading ...

The Finance Ministry aims to spend 3 billion baht more to fund a proposed extension of the government’s occupational training programme for the poor holding state welfare cards and receiving monthly living allowances. Keep reading ...

A strong grasp of the English language will not be required of teacher-education graduates, the committee in charge of preparing a teacher qualifications framework has decided.“We have reached this resolution because most stakeholders at a forum on the draft Thailand Qualifications Framework (TQF) disagreed with ...

Daycare facilities and companies need to adjust their environment to help working parents who are leading modern urban lives, a panel discussion was told on Thursday.Many Thai parents have to send their children to be raised by grandparents upcountry while they toil in the city, ...

To ensure up-to-par good quality in early childhood care and education at 53,335 kindergartens and nurseries nationwide, the Education Council is now in process of printing a handbook for distribution.The booklet will detail the “National Standard for Early Childhood Care, Development and Education in Thailand” ...