[AFRI-Discuss] NOMINATION for Fatimata Seye Sylla for the Co-Chair of the ALAC Sub-Committee on Outreach and Engagement (O&E)

[Gabriel BOMBAMBO Boseko]

Je soutiens Madame Fatimata Seye Sylla.


Gabriel

Le ven. 3 août 2018 à 17:48, Dave Kissoondoyal <dave at igf-mu.org> a écrit :

> *Dear All,*
>
>
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> I would like to nominate Fatimata Seye Sylla for the Co-chair of the ALAC
> Sub-Committee on Outreach and Engagement (O&E)
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> Fatimata is well known in the community and whatever I write on her is not
> enough. She has all the qualities to be a very good co-chair and make us
> proud.
>
> She  is the director of Senegal <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal>'s Digital
> Freedom Initiative
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Digital_Freedom_Initiative&action=edit&redlink=1>
> ,[1]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatimata_Seye_Sylla#cite_note-OSIRIS-1> a
> council member for the Free and Open Source Software Foundation for Africa
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Free_and_Open_Source_Software_Foundation_for_Africa&action=edit&redlink=1>,
> and the Senegal National Coordinator of the African Civil Society for the
> Information Society. She is a former member of the At-Large Advisory
> Committee for ICANN <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN>, where she
> represented Senegal, and advocated there for greater involvement of the
> developing world with Internet governance. She also served on the board of
> the CATIA <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CATIA>(Catalyzing Access To ICTS
> in Africa) initiative,[2]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatimata_Seye_Sylla#cite_note-ICANN-2> a
> program that worked to support ICT initiatives and their directors across
> African countries.[3]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatimata_Seye_Sylla#cite_note-3>
>
> Best known for championing the use of information and communications
> technology
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology> (ICT)
> in the Senegalese education system
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Senegal>; Seye Sella began
> the first nationwide program to introduce ICT in Senegalese schools. She
> has also worked as an Internet access advocate with the United Nations, the Panos
> Network <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panos_Network>, and the International
> Development Research Centre
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Development_Research_Centre>.
> Her activism in Senegal has also included work with the Internet Society
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Society> and founding OSIRIS
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OSIRIS_(Senegal)&action=edit&redlink=1>,
> a pro-ICT initiative.[2]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatimata_Seye_Sylla#cite_note-ICANN-2>
>
> Fatimata was educated at the University of Le Havre
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Le_Havre>, where she earned
> a degree in computer science
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science>; CESAG
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CESAG&action=edit&redlink=1> Dakar,
> where she earned a degree in Management; and MIT, where she earned a Master
> of Science.[2]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatimata_Seye_Sylla#cite_note-ICANN-2> Her
> writing includes analysis of the difference between boys and girls in how
> they use ICT and development of methods for attracting more young women to
> technology and fields where they are underrepresented. These include
> properly training women and girls via the education system, encouraging
> women to build websites, involving the government and policymakers, and
> having telecommunications companies provide discounts as an incentive for
> women.[4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatimata_Seye_Sylla#cite_note-4>
>
> Please support me in my nomination.
>
>
>
> Thanks and best regards
>
>
>
> Dave Kissoondoyal
>
> President
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> Internet Governance Forum Mauritius
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