Rodjaraeg Wattanapanit
Rodjaraeg Wattanapanit is a bookstore owner from Thailand. She also helped start Creating Awareness for Enhanced Democracy (CAFÉ Democracy), an organization for political ideas.[1] In 2016 she received the International Women of Courage Award.[2][3]
Life
Wattanapanit graduated from Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand. She raised money for conservation of forests.[4] She worked for Community Forest Support group, a non-governmental organization.[5] When Wattanapanit received the award in 2016, she was 49 years old.[5]
Work
In October 2011, Wattanapanit started the bookstore Book Re:public with Pinkaew Luangaramsri, an anthropology scholar from Chiang Mai University.[4] After the May 2014 coup, the government closed her bookshop. They took her to military camps twice. They wanted her to sign an agreement not to work for political activities.[4] The first time, they took her to Kawila Army Camp in Chiang Mai. The second time it was the Army Central Command.[5]
After one year, she opened the bookshop again. The shop is a place for neighbors to meet and talk about social and political problems.[6]
Other websites
References
- ↑ "AWIU » Meet 2016 International Women Of Courage". Archived from the original on 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
- ↑ "U.S. State Department honors 14 leaders from around the world". 29 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ↑ News, VOA. "2016 Women of Courage Award Winners".
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 PCL., Post Publishing. "Bangkok Post article".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Thailand: Bookstore Owner Airs Views on Junta's Restrictions on Freedoms".
- ↑ "Biographies of 2016 Award Winners".