ประวัติวิทยากร “World Consumer Rights Day 2014″ Session 1
Indrani Thuraisingham, Head CI APME
SAREE AONGSOMWANG
Foundation for Consumers, Thailand
Occupation/Affiliation:
Manager and Director of Foundation for Consumers (FFC);
Consumer Education Professional and Council Member, Consumers International (CI),
Executive Secretary, Confederation of Consumer Organization,Thailand(CCOT)
Work Address:
211/2 Soi Ngamwongwan Road, Ngamwongwan 31, Nonthaburi 11000Thailand
Work Phone:
+66-2-952-5060-2 Work Fax: +66-2-580-9337
URL: http://www.consumerthai.org/index.htm
E-mail: saree@consumerthai.org;
Schoolarship & Awards
Ashoka Fellow 2001 (Ashoka Innovator for the Public)
AsiaLeadership Fellow Program 2000
Education/Qualifications:
M.A. in Social Administration (Major in Community Development),
ThammasatUniversity(1989)
B.Sc. in Nursing,ThaiRedCrossCollegeof Nursing
ChulalongkornUniversity(1985)
Work Experience:
1989-Present Director and Executive Committee Member, The Foundation for Consumers (FFC)
1988-1989 Psychiatric nurse in Oeuvres Hospital Mieres Francaises De L’ Ordre De
Malta(OHFOM) Organization, Processing Center Panat Nikhom,
Chonburi,Thailand
1987-1988 Staff Nurse, Emergency Department ofChulalongkornHospital,Bangkok
1985-1986 Staff Nurse, Medicine Department, Surgery Department and Nursery
Ward of ChulalongkornHospital, Bangkok
Specialty: Consumer Protection; Public Health and Human Rights
Recent Activities:
How Free Trade Agreements affect Public Health Services; Consumers’ Rights and Responsibilities; Medical Hub and its implication on National Health Security in Thailand; Patients’ Rights and Liability; Against Main stream of Consumerism
Major Publications:
(Chief Editor) Smart Buyer Magazine (monthly magazine tackling consumer’s rights, consumer protection, misleading products, comparative tests, and consumer lifestyle, etc.)
Chief Editor of the following publications:
¨ Against the Mainstream of Consumerism
¨ Dirty 12 Chemicals
¨ Why We Have to Eat Less Fast Food
¨ Consumer Complaints Guide
¨ Patients Rights in Thailand
Author of the following publications:
¨ Research and Study of 15 Patients’ Cases of Social Suffering on Health Services, public version – 3 volumes & a research version
¨ Consumer Protection on Health Course Curriculum for Sukhothai Open University
¨ Independent Agency for Consumer Protection, Following Article 57 of the Constitution
¨ Situation of Patient Rights in Thailand
¨ Patient Rights and Mechanism for Consumer Protection on Health
¨ Article on Consumer Protection on Health, Medicine and Related Issues