Joe Athialy
South Asia Coordinator
Joe Athialy is BIC’s Coordinator for South Asia. Formerly the Campaigns and Communications Coordinator of Amnesty International (AI) in India, Joe steered AI’s national campaigns which included moratorium on the death penalty, promotion of housing rights and furthering corporate accountability. He was also responsible for editing its newsletters, developing and maintaining its website and coordinating its media work. He was a full time activist for the Narmada Bachao Andolan (Save Narmada Movement), a grassroots formation that raised awareness of the social, environmental and economic impacts of large dams. Joe was also a member of the editorial team for Movement of India, a bi-monthly news magazine published by the National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM). NAPM brings together nearly 200 peoples’ organizations from across India fighting corporate abuses and human rights violations while advancing people-centered development and collective actions for transparency and accountability.
Joe holds a degree in journalism. He was awarded a scholarship by Edberg Foundation (Sweden), which allowed him to pursue research at Clark University, USA focusing on free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) as it relates to people’s rights affected by mining and hydropower projects, and other large infrastructure investments.
Asia
South Asia