COVID-19 Response in Thailand

Crises disproportionately affect girls and young women - COVID-19 is no exception. The gains made over the past decades to ensure that all girls have access to quality education are under threat, and so are the prospects for families to lift themselves out...

The COVID-19 outbreak has deprived students of brick-and-mortar schools, including about 500,000 migrant children in Thailand who are among the most vulnerable. The increasing financial burden, emotional distress linked to families losing jobs, and school...

Global school closures in response to COVID-19 has exacerbated an already worrisome learning crisis – some 325 million children in many countries across East Asia and the Pacific have now missed more than two months of school. This has placed an...

Disinformation, misinformation, “fake news”, hoaxes and inaccurate, distorted content – whichever term you prefer – is not a new phenomenon. The historical record traces at least as far back as Roman times. The difference now is that digital technology and...