Social Justice Advocacy, Chair Bhopal Medical Appeal
Ms. Barbara Dinham is a leading environmental activist, policy expert and researcher focusing on pesticide hazards and human rights issues in agriculture worldwide. She has served in a leadership role within the Pesticide Action Network for 16 years, including as the Director of Pesticide Action Network UK for 6 years.
Deeply involved in international chemicals and toxic work, she has been a prominent and highly valued participant of key international fora such as the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Food and Agriculture Organization, World Bank and UNEP, where she has strongly represented the voice of civil society and of communities worldwide affected by pesticides. In all these arenas, Ms. Dinham is well known and respected for her hard work, her ability to collaborate effectively in international processes, and her commitment to the highest standards of accuracy.
Barbara engaged the issue in Bhopal from the outset writing to the Guardian Newspaper after it miss represented the use of the Bhopal plant in their coverage of the disaster. 25 years on she is the chair of the Bhopal Medical Appeal overseeing the delivery of free health care to the communities that have been marginalized the extreme poisoning.
Barbara engaged the issue in Bhopal from the outset writing to the Guardian Newspaper after it miss represented the use of the Bhopal plant in their coverage of the disaster. 25 years on she is the chair of the Bhopal Medical Appeal overseeing the delivery of free health care to the communities that have been marginalized the extreme poisoning.
A highly regarded and well-known scholar, Ms. Dinham has written or co-authored eight books focusing on food security, agri-business, pesticide hazards and pesticide and gender issues.
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