Biography
Dr Nongyao Nawarat, currently retired, formerly served as the Director of the Centre for Multiculturalism and Education Policy within the Faculty of Education at Chiang Mai University. She pioneered multicultural education in the faculty, establishing courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research primarily focused on the advocacy efforts of migrant community-based organisations for the educational rights of migrant and stateless children, as well as Thailand’s policy on these issues. A staunch advocate for gender equality, Dr Nawarat contributed to Thailand’s National Commission on Gender Equality Law. She holds a master’s degree in women’s studies from the University of York, United Kingdom, and a doctoral degree from the University of Leeds, where she examined the resilience of rural women during and after the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis.
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