Billy Paten

Billy is a Malaysian and a member of the Dusun Bundu ethnic group. He currently works for the Indigenous Network of Malaysia (JOAS) as a Youth President. He is responsible for providing training and advising Indigenous peoples’ in relation to human rights violations and other similar cases and lobbying to prevent discrimination. Billy is also responsible for compiling reports and claims on discrimination peoples’, especially Indigenous Youth. More recently, Billy and his organisation have been involved in advocacy on customary land cases and dam construction, where they have been actively collecting information, conducting social research and supporting dam construction protests. Billy sees this training as an opportunity to gain more experience and skills related to human rights to improve future generations. He further hopes to apply it to future programs to help Indigenous Youth gain and develop more skills and experience regarding human rights.