Jittrapon Kaicome, photographer based in Chiang Mai, Thailand

NO BAD WOMAN, JUST BAD LAWS!!

Sex workers in Thailand are opposed to the current legislation on prostitution and are pushing for the decriminalisation of sex work.

In Chiang Mai, Can Do Bar, a watering hole which runs by sex workers to obtain their social benefits with fair treatment between sex workers and customers. In the day time, they are working as a human right defender rebelling against the prostitution law which creates inequality in Thai society and providing educations to empowering female sex workers.

A message from the game of Jenga telling that 80% of sex workers are women who are family leaders and mothers who have huge responsibilities to find money for their family members.

A message from these two pieces in the game of Jenta telling that these two words have been unfair to sex workers. In a working condition, sex workers have been abused by the unfair rules set by the business owner forcing them to dress in a certain way, consume alcohol at work, salary reduction if weight gain found, overtime pay is not paid at the minimum wage of the law.

Laws and policy help make the prostitution illegal social have the conceptual box that sex working is a low-level job and those are people having no dignity. These negative attitudes towards sex workers bring about a big gap of inequality in the society.

Jittrapon Kaicome, photographer based in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Jittrapon Kaicome (b.1984). A documentary photographer born and raised in Chiang Mai, Thailand focuses on personal projects in Southeast Asian countries reflecting on Environmental issues related to Climate Change in Thailand and nearby countries. He has been monitoring causes and changes in weather phenomena which will later lead to extreme weather events. He also focuses on Human rights issues along the Myanmar–Thailand border. He has a belief that still pictures can make an impact and bestow understanding of our society. Jittrapon’s work has been published by The Washington Post, ABC News, The Diplomat and National Geographic (Thai Edition) He has a belief that still pictures can make an impact and bestow understanding of our society. Jittrapon’s work has been published by The Washington Post, ABC News, and National Geographic Thailand.

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