ADRIENNE DIOP (Senegal)

Advocate for education as a structural axis, women’s empowerment, gender equality and economic progress.

Commissioner for Human Development and Gender of ECOWAS (2008-2014). In this capacity, she was responsible for the departments of education, science and technology, gender, youth, sports and culture, and social and humanitarian affairs (2008-2014). She was Director of Communication at ECOWAS (1997-2010).

Before joining ECOWAS, she was a journalist at RTS (Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise) (1985-1997) and production manager of the society magazine “Zoom Sur”. At the same time, she taught at CESTI (Centre d’ Etudes des Sciences et Techniques de l’ Information) and directed the magazine “Démocratie locale” (1995-1997).

Adrienne DIOP was Senegal’s ambassador to Malaysia from 2015 to 2018.