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My Experience as an ICANN Fellow
By Oreoluwa Lesi I think it's important to continually expand and deepen one's field of knowledge. And being a social entrepreneur for the last dozen odd years, means that I have sought out books, articles, podcasts, interviews and other opportunities to learn more...
At the Digital Rights & Inclusion Forum (DRIF19)
On April 25, 2019, W.TEC Executive Director, Oreoluwa Lesi, organised and participated in a session at the recently-concluded Digital Rights Inclusion Forum 2019 in Lagos, Nigeria called "Internet Governance: Multi-stakeholderism and Participation in the Assigned...
My Experiences with Domain Name Policy, Internet Governance & Kobe Beef at ICANN 64
The 64th ICANN public meeting took place in Kobe, Japan from March 8 to 14, 2019 and I had the honour of being able to participate in it. It was only my 3rd ICANN public meeting, but a far cry from my first (ICANN 61 in San Juan, Puerto Rico), where I was lost and...
Required Reading
There are some fantastic resources out now for people interested in gender and the intersection of gender and technology. Here are a few recently published reports: 1.) Report from Plan International "Girls Challenging the Gender Rules":...
The Need to Balance for Better in STEM
Introduction: The themes of this year’s International Women’s Day were “Balance for better” and "Think equal, build smart, innovate for change”. Both are fitting when we examine the issue of gender equality in Science, Technology and Engineering, because there are...
My Journey into Internet Governance with ICANN
I had the opportunity to attend the annual general meeting of the organisation ICANN – popularly tagged ICANN63. ICANN – or the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers – is a global nonprofit organisation established in 1998 and dedicated to keeping the...
Previous Blogs:
- Ms Oreoluwa (2018 – 2021): msoreoluwa.wordpress.com
- Ore’s Notes (2005 – 2012): orenotes.blogspot.com
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