Aïssata Lam

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Aïssata Lam (* 1986 or 1987 ) is a Mauritanian women's rights activist and microfinance expert.

Life

Lam is a graduate of the École des hautes études commerciales (also: HEC Montréal ) in Montreal (Canada) and Harvard University in Cambridge (United States). She focused her studies on microfinance and rural finance.

She is co-founder and president of the Mauritanian Youth Chamber of Commerce of Mauritania, YCCM, founded in 2013. The foundation was made to support young women entrepreneurs who have difficulties in obtaining funding for their start-ups .

She is committed to women's rights and uses her platform to honor exceptional Mauritanian women. She was appointed to the G7 Council for Gender Equality by French President Emmanuel Macron . She currently runs the iLab start-up center. Lam has spoken out against child marriage .

Awards and honors

She was selected for a portrait in the BBC 100 Women series in 2019 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mauritanie: rencontre avec Aïssata Lam, présidente de la Jeune Chambre de Commerce. In: jeuneafrique.com. 2019, accessed on December 31, 2019 (Fri-FR).
  2. ↑ Abou Wélé: La fiscalité des systèmes financiers décentralisés (SFD) au Sénégal . Editions L'Harmattan, 2011, ISBN 978-2-296-45346-3 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  3. ↑ Aïssata lam. In: emergingvalley.co. Retrieved December 31, 2019 (American English).
  4. ↑ a b c BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list? 2019 ( bbc.com ).
  5. ^ The 51% - The bride trade. In: france24.com. France 24, 2019, accessed December 31, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Emma Watson Wears Alexa Chung's Label For First G7 Equality Meeting In Paris. In: co.uk. British Vogue, accessed December 31, 2019 (UK English).
  7. ↑ Liz Ford: Emma Watson, Keira Knightley among stars urging better protection of women . In: The Guardian . 2019, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com ).
  8. ^ A new generation of CEOs: Running a business in West Africa as a woman. In: worldbank.org. World Bank Blogs, accessed December 31, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Aissata Lam: "Child marriage is part of a vicious circle-inhibiting girls from becoming leaders". In: eblnews.com. EBL News, 2019, accessed December 31, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Diarry Ndiaye Ba: BBC 100 WOMEN: une mauritanienne parmi les 100 femmes inspirantes. In: senalioune.com. 2019, accessed December 31, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Lam, Aïssata
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mauritanian women's rights activist and microfinance expert
DATE OF BIRTH 1986 or 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Mauritania