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]

Rodjaraeg Wattanapanit

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]

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References
  1. "AWIU » Meet 2016 International Women Of Courage". Archived from the original on 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  2. "U.S. State Department honors 14 leaders from around the world". 29 March 2016.
  3. News, VOA. "2016 Women of Courage Award Winners". {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. PCL., Post Publishing. "Bangkok Post article".
  5. "Thailand: Bookstore Owner Airs Views on Junta's Restrictions on Freedoms".
  6. "Biographies of 2016 Award Winners".
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