Lysa John

Lysa John is Secretary-General of the CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation. She has worked on issues of governance accountability and social justice since 1998. She most recently worked with Save the Children International as their Global Campaign Director, and previously served as Head of Outreach for the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Agenda. Born in India, Lysa designed and coordinated locally-led and globally-connected campaigns, including ‘Wada Na Todo Abhiyan’ (Don’t Break the Promise campaign, India) and the Global Call to Action against Poverty. She has authored several reports, including assessments on the role and influence of emerging powers such as BRICS, and has been published by Earthscan, Outlook India and the Guardian.