What is Salimatou Fatty?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Salimatou Fatty |image = |caption = Salimatou Fatty at an [[African Union]] Summit in 2017 |office = Founder of Salimatou Foundation For Education<ref>http://salimatoufoundation.org/category/uncategorized/page/2/Uncategorized – Page 2 – Salimatou Foundation</ref> |president = |term_start = 2016 |term_end = |predecessor = |successor = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|2|02}} |birth_place = Kerewan Village, North Bank, The [[The Gambia|Gambia]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = |education = [[University of the Gambia]] }} '''Salimatou Fatty''' (born 2 February 1994) is a [[The Gambia|Gambia]]n 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.<ref>https://www.globalpartnership.org/users/sfatty | Salimatou Fatty | Global Partnership for Education</ref><ref>http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/salimatou-fatty-represents-west-africa-at-asian-conference | Salimatou Fatty represents West Africa at Asian Conference - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia</ref> == Personal life == Fatty was born in Kerewan village in the North Bank Division of the [[The Gambia|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.<ref>https://allafrica.com/stories/201708310718.html | Gambia: Young Gambian Activist Among Most Influential Africans - allAfrica.com</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fatty, Salimatou}} [[Category:1994 births]] [[Category:Gambian people]] [[Category:Educa