[IRPCoalition] Nomination: Raashi Saxena for co-chair
Raashi Saxena
raashisaxena at gmail.com
Mon Feb 7 12:31:02 EET 2022
Dear IRPC members,
I include my statement below and look forward to engaging with all of you
to bring these ideas to life and to strengthen our sense of community
impact and collective vision.
I joined the Internet Rights and Principles Coalition (IRPC) in 2018 after
interacting with Marianne Franklin at the UN IGF 2018 in Paris. In 2021, I
got elected as one of the Steering Committee members for the 2021-2023
term
More details about my engagement with the Internet Governance and digital
human rights at large can be seen below:
Raashi Saxena is a technologist and social impact innovator. She is
building Hatebase, the global AI repository assisting universities and
research organisations in moderating online conversations and using hate
speech as a predictor for regional offline violence, for The Sentinel
Project. Working with i4Policy, Saxena is supporting policymakers with
practical guidance on designing inclusive policy co-creation processes for
multi-stakeholder participation for AI policy. She serves in a number of
advisory roles, including for The Internet Rights & Principles Dynamic
Coalition and Missions Publiques’s “We, the Internet" Project. As an
international speaker, Raashi has spoken on panels and conferences across
Africa, Asia, and Europe. As a consultant her clients include DCN,
Gapminder Foundation, and the IO Foundation. She was highlighted as an
expert in Mozilla's 2020 Internet Health Report and Pew Research Center's
2021 Report on Digital Spaces. Saxena is based in Bangalore, India, where
she is a member of the Bangalore Chapter of the Global Shapers Community, a
World Economic Forum initiative.
As a steering committee member, I prioritized supporting the co-chairs and
my steering committee colleagues in developing partnerships and
collaborations with organizations that could further our work with
translations for the Chaters and ensure that the IRPC has an eminent
presence within the local and regional IGFs.
I intend to use this mandate to:
1.
Support my co-chair and SC members whenever needed
2.
Nurture existing monetary, in-kind partnerships and actively collaborate
within the IGF community for the translation of the Charter in languages
spoken across the African and Asian continents
3.
Advocate alongside the IRPC leadership team for the recognition of the
Charter as an official document of the IGF by liaising with the IGF
Secretariat and MAG members
4.
Introduce the concept of quarterly newsletters to widen our reach
globally
5.
Work actively towards incorporating the Charter as curriculum across all
schools that teach the topic of Internet Governance globally
6.
Work together with the SC and the wider list to promote the active
intake of new members.
7.
To improve the accessibility of our website by conducting a web
accessibility audit in partnership with Accessibility Lab. This would :
-
Increase compatibility in devices and assistive technologies
-
Improve the user experience of people with disabilities thereby
increasing their participation
Regards,
Raashi
On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 10:47 PM Jacob Odame-Baiden <odamyte at gmail.com>
wrote:
> This news is so heart warming. Thanks for accepting the nomination Raashi.
> Wishing you all the best!!
>
> Best,
> Jacob
>
> Sent from my smart phone. Forgive typos.
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Santosh Sigdel <santoshsigdel at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, Feb 3, 2022, 4:45 PM
> To: "Michael J. Oghia" <mike.oghia at gmail.com>
> Cc: IRP <irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org>
> Subject: Re: [IRPCoalition] Nomination: Raashi Saxena for co-chair
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Thank you, Rashi, for accepting the nomination.
>
> Best,
> Santosh
>
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 6:06 PM Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Wonderful news, thank you so much Raashi!
>
> Best,
> -Michael
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 6:56 PM Raashi Saxena <raashisaxena at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Trust all of you have received 2022 with renewed energies. Many thanks to
> Tapani for the nomination and Leena, Elaine, Eileen and June for your kind
> words and endorsement.
>
> My past year with the IRPC has been an invaluable opportunity to learn and
> grow within the space and I'm grateful for the encouragement received by
> the current SC members.
>
> I would like to *accept* my nomination and look forward to supporting and
> anchoring some of the fabulous work of my colleagues.
>
>
> Warm Regards,
> Raashi
>
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022, 20:51 June Parris <parrisjune51 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I second Raashi to be nominated as co- chair.
>
> Regards
>
> June Parris
>
>
> Civicus Member (MAG)
> Internet Society
> Dynamic Coalition (Sids: IRPC)
> ------------------------------
> *From:* IRP <irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org> on behalf
> of Tapani Tarvainen <tapani.tarvainen at effi.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 2, 2022 09:32
> *To:* irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org
> *Subject:* [IRPCoalition] Nomination: Raashi Saxena for co-chair
>
> Dear all,
>
> I would like to nominate Raashi Saxena for co-chair.
>
> She has been very active in the IRPC work and worked hard at the
> latest IGF. I think she'd be an excellent co-chair.
>
> Note: Raashi is now in the Steering Committee, but there's nothing
> in the rules that'd prevent her from transferring to co-chair.
>
> Presumably it would mean we'd be filling another SC position,
> but there're two candidates for SC so it should work well.
>
> Raashi, I hope you'll accept.
>
> All the best,
>
> --
> Tapani Tarvainen
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