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> From: "Ian Peter" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [governance] CSCG nominations for civil society speakers at IGF
> Date: October 30, 2015 12:15:42 PM PDT
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> Reply-To: [log in to unmask],"Ian Peter" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Below are the two nominations from Civil Society Coordination Group for speakers for this years IGF opening and closing ceremonies. They were chosen from a field of 20 names submitted from various civil society coalitions, and have been forwarded to the IGF Secretariat. I must say that any of the 20 names submitted could have represented us admirably, and that it was a tough decision for the CSCG members to come up with 2 names.
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> Joana Varon (Brazil) – opening ceremony – [log in to unmask]
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> Nadine Moawad (Lebanon) – closing ceremony – [log in to unmask]
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> For those who don’t know them,
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> Joana Varon Ferraz is a researcher and project coordinator at the Centre for Technology and Society from Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro
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> Nadine Moawad is a Lebanese feminist activist and grasssroots worker who leads Association for Progressive Communication (APC)'s sexual 
> rights work.
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> We commend them both as informed excellent communicators to represent civil society. They have both been informed of their nominations.
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> Ian Peter (Independent Chair, Civil Society Coordination Group)
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