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