Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN-AP)
PO Box 1170, 10850 Penang, Malaysia
Tel: 60 4 657 0271/656 0381
Fax: 60 4 658 3960
E-mail: sarojeni.rengam@panap.net
panap@panap.net
Website: http://www.panap.net
Executive Director of the Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN-AP), a global network working towards the eradication of pesticide problems and promoting sustainable agriculture, Sarojeni works in the areas of gender particularly women in agriculture, food security and sovereignty, anti-globalisation and community pesticide monitoring by developing modules, conducting training and conducting research.
A zoologist by training, she has vast experience training at national and regional levels and has organized major Asia-Pacific level seminars and workshops on diverse issues of concern. An experienced coordinator of research on women, campaigner and organizer of advocacy campaigns in international institutions such as the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, CGIAR, ESCAP, she has held various positions on the boards of numerous citizens groups. Among them, she is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Southeast Asian Regional Institute for Community Education, Philippines, a member of the Board of the Rural Advancement Fund International, Canada and the International Baby Food Action Network, Malaysia.
Sarojeni is author of many publications including the acclaimed book Pesticides and YOU that has been translated into ten languages, co-author of Problem Pesticides, Pesticide Problems and editor of Forging our Future: Women in Agriculture.
Sarojeni was a member of the ARENA Executive Board 1997-2000.