Salimatou Fatty
Salimatou Fatty (born 2 February 1994) is a Gambian educator and gender advocate. She is currently a Global Partnership for Education Youth Advocate and a Youth ambassador for international organizations including A World at School. She also serves as CEO of a Girls Education Foundation.
Personal life
Fatty was born in Kerewan village in the North Bank Division of the Gambia in 1994 to Aja Fatoumatta Jarra Ceesay and Alhajie Saikou Fatty. She is the seventh of her mother' s nine children. She attended Oustass Keita Dara, where she learned to practise her religion, Islam.
Awards
Fatty received the "African Leadership Award" in 2016 for her work in girls' education. She was also included in the list of the 2017 100 most influential young Africans across the continent.
References
1994 births
Gambian people
Educators
Lawyers
Living people
Youth activists