Tuenjai Deetes Explained

Tuenjai Deetes
Birth Name:	Tuenjai Kunjara na Ayudhya
Birth Date:	8 April 1952
Birth Place:	Thailand
Spouse:	Thanuchai Deetes
Children:	2
Parents:	Khap Kunjara Urai Peramatsathian

Tuenjai Deetes (Thai: เตือนใจ ดีเทศน์, ; born 8 April 1952), formerly Tuenjai Kunjara na Ayudhya (Thai: เตือนใจ กุญชร ณ อยุธยา,), (Thailand) received the Global 500 Roll of Honour in 1992,^[1] and was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1994.^[2] Deetes has worked with Thai hill tribes since the early-1970s.^[3] She co-founded the Hill Area Development Foundation in 1986. She is a former commissioner of the Human Rights Commission until she resigned that post in July 2019.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: . Adult Award Winner in 1992 - Tuenjai Deetes . global500.org . November 15, 2007.
2. Web site: . Tuenjai Deetes . goldmanprize.org . November 15, 2007.
3. Web site: Ethirajan Anbarasan . Tuenjai Deetes: a bridge to the hill tribes (interview) . UNESCO . November 15, 2007.
4. Web site: Phasuk . Sunai . The End of Thailand's Human Rights Commission? . Human Rights Watch . 21 September 2019 . 3 August 2019.