The workshop was organized by OHCHR – Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which provided international legal knowledge, reporting techniques, and experiences from experts from various countries.

SHero participated as one of the civil society organizations preparing a Shadow Report, a civil society report that will be submitted to the CEDAW Committee at the United Nations, to be considered in conjunction with the Thai government report.

For SHero, this report is an important opportunity to raise the voices of GBV survivors, especially those who have been excluded from the justice system, such as:

stateless persons
displaced persons
migrant workers
and other marginalized groups who are often invisible in national policies

We have seen the pain of many victims/survivors who have no access to reporting, protection, or even remedies in the system. Just because they are undocumented, have no status or no voice in society.

This workshop has prepared us better to write the report and see how international legal instruments can be a force for justice in our country.

And lasting change must start by listening to the voices of those directly affected.

SHero would like to thank OHCHR for the opportunity and valuable knowledge to create this Shadow Report.

We will work hard to raise the voices of GBV victims/survivors and push for women in border areas and those without legal status to no longer be neglected.

Because justice should not be a privilege of a few but a basic right of all.