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

Aisha Hamid saho1944 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 7 00:08:33 UTC 2018


Hello,

I also fully support Fatimata's nomination for the Co-Chair position in
this sub-committee.


Regards,

Aisha Saho.

On Mon, Aug 6, 2018, 8:24 AM Maye Diop <mayediop at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I fully support Fatimata's nomination for the Co-Chair position in this
> sub-commttee.
>
> She has skills and experience to deserve this position.
>
> Best Regards
>
>
>
> 2018-08-03 18:16 GMT+00:00 Fatimata Seye Sylla <fsylla at gmail.com>:
>
>> Thank you Dave for nominating me as the Co-Chair of At-Large Outreach
>> and Engagement Subcommittee.
>>
>> I accept this nomination with gratitude and I commit to serve my
>> community as much as I can.
>>
>>  I will share my EOI today.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Fatimata
>>
>> 2018-08-03 17:48 GMT+00:00 Dave Kissoondoyal <dave at igf-mu.org>:
>>
>>> *Dear All,*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I would like to nominate Fatimata Seye Sylla for the Co-chair of the
>>> ALAC Sub-Committee on Outreach and Engagement (O&E)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> Internet Governance Forum Mauritius
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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>> ICT4D, Education & Genre
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