Curriculum Vitae Pawadee Tonguthai 1. Personal Data Nationality: Thai Address: 53/1 Sukhumvit 53, Klongtan Nua, Wattana, Bangkok 10110, Thailand Phone: (66-02) 662-6181, (66-02) 258-7683; Fax: (66-02) 259-6171 Mobile (66-081) 814-2525 E-mail: pawadee135@gmail.com 2. Education B.A. (Economics) University of Sydney, Australia, 1971 M.A. (Economics) Duke University, USA, 1976 Ph.D. (Economics) New York University, USA, 1982 3. Professional Experiences 3.1 Academics: 1982 present: Full-time teaching position at the Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University in Bangkok. Courses taught are both in the Thai and International Programs and include the following: Gender Economics, Economics of the Labour Market, Development Economics, Asian Economies, and Macroeconomics. 2004-2006: Director, Master Program in Women s Studies, Thammasat University. Women s Studies Program has been adapting its curriculum to serve the needs of both government and civil society. In particular, it is cooperating with the Office of Women s Affairs to design training courses for government officers in all ministries to enhance their understanding and capabilities for gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting. 2004 - present: Vice-chairperson, Women and Youth Studies Program, Thammasat University The Women and Youth Studies Program has long been encouraging all faculties to include incorporate gender dimension into as many courses as possible. Dr. Pawadee has played a leading role in developing the course on gender economics which is now included in the curriculum of the Economics faculty, making Thammasat University the first and only one in Thailand to offer such course. 3.2 Consultancy and Advisory: Since 1982, have served as consultants and held advisory positions for various national and international organizations, for example: 1
International Agencies: 2006 - present: member of UNDP Gender Advisory Board for Asia and the Pacific 1997-98: Coordinator of Gender Mainstreaming Facility-- UNDP/UNIFEM s technical assistance promoting gender equality in Thailand 1993-94: Women-in-Industry Expert, UNIDO's Project on Technical and Managerial Skills Training for Women in the Garment Industry in Four ASEAN Countries 1982- present: Consultant to several international organizations (such as The World Bank, USAID, ILO, UN ESCAP, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNCTAD and ADB) in the areas of women workers, migration, urbanization, industrialization and development Activities with Non-Government Organizations: 2005 present: Convener of Asia-Pacific Women's Watch (APWW). APWW is a regional network of NGOs monitoring the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and CEDAW, and ensuring that gender dimension are integrated into all other international agreements. APWW is recognized by ESCAP as the main NGO counterpart for promoting women s advancement in Asia and the Pacific since Pre- Beijing period and it has been formally granted ECOSOC Special Consultative status at the ECOSOC session in August 2007. Have been attending the annual session of CSW every year between 1994 2007 as NGO representative and for the past five years have also been invited by the Thai government to join the official delegation in an advisory role. Founding member of Thai Women Watch (TW2) -- a network of women NGOs founded in 1996 to monitor the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in Thailand and to provide linkage between women NGOs with the government, UN and international NGOs. Government of Thailand: 2006 2007: Chairperson, Working Group to draft the Plan of Action on Women and the Economy for Thailand s Women s Development Plan, 2007-2011 1997-2003: Board Member, Thailand s National Commission on Women s Affairs, which is the government machinery for the advancement of women. 2000 2001: Economic Advisor to the President of Thai Parliament 1998-2000: Economic Advisor to Thailand s First Deputy Prime Minister 2
4. Research and Publication: three major areas: Gender Issues and Development, Employment, Industrialization and Development Gender Issues and Development In Thai Women and the Thai Economy, Textbook for an undergraduate university course Gender Economics August 2007 Commitment to Women: Thailand and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, paper presented at the First Thai Women Forum, a conference celebrating the first anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Bangkok, September 1996 "Towards the Third Decade of Women's Development in Thailand: Progress, Problems and Prospects," paper presented at a seminar on Strategies for Women's Development and the Status of Women in Thailand, March, 1995. "Opportunities for Job Promotion and Skill Advancement for Thai Women Workers," Women's Issues in Thailand, Thammasat University, 1993. "Commercial Sex in the Newly Industrializing Thailand," in NIC and the Sex Trade, Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, 1991. "Strategies for Improving the Status of Women Workers in Thailand," paper for the Seminar on The Role of the Ministry of Labour in Strengthening the Position of Women Workers, 1991. In English Empowering Women Leaders in Thailand: Linkages with international movement for gender equality, a paper prepared for The 30 th Anniversary International Forum, National Women s Education Center of Japan, Tokyo Financing for Development, Gender Equality and the Follow-up to The Monterrey Consensus, paper for UN Expert Group Meeting on Financing for Gender Equality, Oslo, Norway, September 2007. Engendering the Millennium Development Goals, a research report for Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, July 2007 Gender Dimension of Globalization and Economic Integration: Women SMEs and Tourism in Thailand, in The Third Report on the Advancement of Women in ASEAN, The ASEAN Secretariat, June 2007 Dealing with an Unyielding Glass Ceiling: A Report on Thailand, in Gaining Ground? Southeast Asian Women in Politics and Decision-Making, Ten Years after Beijing, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Manila, December 2004 3
Thailand s Country Review on Rural Women in Beijing Plus 10 Era, A paper presented at the FAO Expert Consultation on Policies and Programmes for Advancement of Rural Women in Beijing Plus 10 Era: Innovations and Constraints, Vientiane, Lao PDR, September 2004 Training Women for the New Trade Era, A paper presented at 9 th APEC Women Leaders Network Meeting, La Serena, Chile, September 2004 The Advancement of Women, Ten Years after Beijing: Reflections from the Civil Society, (editor), A Collection of papers for The Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing +10, Bangkok, Thailand, July 2004 Gender Equality, Equity and Non-discrimination in Resources, Thailand s Country Paper prepared for Southeast Asia Watch (SEAWatch) Beijing +10 Monitoring Project, with Maythinee Bhongsvej and Pornpimol Rojanapoh, February 2003 "Gender Equality and Decent Work in Thailand," A Country Report for ILO/ADB RETA Project 5887 Strengthening the Role of Labour Standards in Selected DMCs, Working Paper No.1, International Labour Office, Bangkok, 2002 Gender and Development in Thailand, a handbook for UNDP s Gender Mainstreaming Facility, January 2000 Thai NGOs and the National Machinery: Partners in Women s Progress in Primer for Beijing Plus Five, ISIS International, July 1999 Women in Thailand Country briefing paper, The Asian Development Bank, December 1998 No More Miracle Special Editorial, UNRISD Gender Programme Newsletter, No.4, September, 1998 Facing a Crisis: Women Workers and Thailand s Economic Decline paper for Women in Action, an ISIS International Magazine, December 1997 Women In Southeast Asian Export Industries, in El Trabajo de las Mujeres en el Tiempo Global, Rosalba Todaro Y Regina Rodriguez (editoras) Ediciones de las Mujeres No. 22, Isis Internacional, Noviembre 1995 (translated into Spanish) Balancing Competitiveness and Equity: Women Workers and Thailand s Economic Development, paper presented at the 22 nd Meeting of the Federation of ASEAN Economic Association, Bali, Indonesia, October 1997 "Asian Women in Manufacturing: New Challenges, Old Problems," in Global Employment: An Analytical Investigation into the Future of Work, Mihaly Simai (ed.) Zed Books Ltd. and United Nations University Press, pp. 167-181, Tokyo, 1995. "A Farewell to Farms: Thai Women Enter an Industrial Society" in Women's Rights Are Human Rights, a special issue of Canadian Woman Studies, A York University Publication, Spring/ Summer, Volume 15, Number 2 & 3, pp. 122-124, 1995. 4
"Employment and Mobility in the Bangkok Labour Market with Special Reference to Women in the Manufacturing Sector," in UN ESCAP, Promoting Diversified Skill Development for Women in Industry, pp. 91-150, with Umaporn Pattravanich, 1993. "Conditions and Prospects for Women's Employment in Thailand," a research report for International Labour Organization Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, August, 1990. Employment In Thai Framework on the Informal Sector and Social Protection A Background Paper for the 2004 Annual Meeting of Thailand s National Economic and Social Development Board, June 2004 Social Protection for Workers in the Agricultural and the Informal Sector," Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium of the Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, 2003. In English Urban Workers and Economic Transformation: A Case of Motorcycle Taxi Driver in Bangkok, paper presented at a conference on Trust and Industrial Transformation in Korea: A Comparative Perspective, Washington DC, May 1997 "Role of the Informal Service Sector in Urban Poverty Alleviation in Thailand" in Role of the Informal Service Sector in Urban Poverty Alleviation, United Nations, New York, pp. 217-250, 1996 "Labour Welfare in Thailand," A Report for Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Thailand Office, with Mattana Phananiramai, March 1994. Industrialization and Development In Thai Workers in the Age of Globalization, Discussion Paper for the Third High Level Executive Training Course on Public Management, Pra Pokklao Institute, September 2004 Migration in the World Economy, Discussion Paper for the Second High Level Executive Training Course on Public Management, Pra Pokklao Institute, September 2003 "Comparison of the Competitiveness of the Clothing Industries in Thailand and Asia's Newly Industrializing Economies," a research report for the Ministry of Science and Technology, with Rojana Kosiyanond, 1995. 5
"Impacts of Technological Change in the Textile and Clothing Industry on Women Workers in Thailand," Thammasat Economic Journal, Vol.9, No.3, January, 1991. In English "Assessing Coverage Gap of Thailand's Social Security " research for International Social Security Association, Geneva, June 2002 "Technological Capability Building and the Sustainability of Export Success in Thailand's Textile and Electronics Industries," in Technological Capabilities and Export Success in Asia, Dieter Ernst, Tom Ganiatsos and Lynn Mytelka, eds., Routledge, pp. 157-210, with Nipon Poapongsakorn, 1998. School Dropout in Thailand: causes and remedies a research for Thailand s Office of the National Education Commission, with Ides Nicaise and Ilse Fripont, Leuven: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Hoger Instituut voor de arbeid, August 2000. "Women, Employment, and Industrialization in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand," a background paper for UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)'s Project on Technical and Managerial Skills Development for Women in the Garment Making Industry in Four ASEAN Countries, 1993. "Thailand," Urbanization and Socio-Economic Development in Asia and the Pacific, Asian Population Studies No. 122, United Nations, New York, 1993 "Technological Capabilities and Export Performance: A case study of Thailand's textile and clothing industries," paper presented at the Workshop on New Technologies and Export-Oriented Growth, Tanzania, 1993. Migration and Urbanization in an Industrializing Economy: A case study of Thailand," paper presented at a Pre-Conference Seminar on Migration and Urbanization: Interrelationships with Socio-Economic and Evolving Policy Issues, Seoul, The Republic of Korea, 1992 "Thailand's Textile and Clothing Industry: The Role of Women," a research report for UN Industrial Development Organization, V. 90-87728, 1991. Work in Progress Efficiency case for Gender Equality, A background paper for UNDP 2008 Asia Pacific Human Development Report. February 2008 6