Hathairat Suda

Thailand

Hathairat Suda, social worker and activist. For the past 17 years, Hathairat has been working

to promote reproductive health, HIV/Aids prevention, and sex education amongst youngsters.

Once ordained a samaneri, or female novice, in the Theravada tradition, she has found Buddhist

teachings and the roles of female monastics helpful in her counselling work with teenagers.