Rodjaraeg Wattanapanit

Rodjaraeg Wattanapanit is a Thai free speech activist and bookstore owner. She was a co-founder of the organisation Creating Awareness for Enhanced Democracy (abbreviated CAFÉ Democracy), an organization based out of her bookstore that aims to facilitate the free exchange of ideas. In 2016 she received the International Women of Courage Award.

Life and activism Rodjaraeg is from Mae Hong Son. She graduated from Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand. She worked in this capacity for Community Forest Support Group, a non-governmental organization.

In October 2011, Rodjaraeg started the bookstore Book Re:public with Pinkaew Luangaramsri, an anthropologist at Chiang Mai University.

In 2016, Rodjaraeg won the International Women of Courage Award from the United States Department of State, making her the first Thai woman to win that award.