Tuenjai Deetes ( th, เตือนใจ ดีเทศน์, ; born 8 April 1952), formerly Tuenjai Kunjara na Ayudhya ( th, เตือนใจ กุญชร ณ อยุธยา, ), (Thailand) received the

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in 1992, and was awarded the

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in 1994. Deetes has worked with

Thai hill tribes Hill tribe ( th, ชาวดอย, ชาวเขา, ) (Northern Thai language, Northern Thai: จาวดอย, คนดอย, ; 'mountain people/folk') is a term used in Thailand for all of the various ethnic groups who mostly inhabit th ...

since the early-1970s. She co-founded the Hill Area Development Foundation in 1986. She is a former commissioner of the

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until she resigned that post in July 2019.

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Tuenjai Deetes Tuenjai Deetes ( th, เตือนใจ ดีเทศน์, ; born 8 April 1952), formerly Tuenjai Kunjara na Ayudhya ( th, เตือนใจ กุญชร ณ อยุธยา, ), (Thailand) received the Global 500 Roll of Honour in ...

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