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

Maye Diop mayediop at gmail.com
Mon Aug 6 08:24:31 UTC 2018


 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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