Esther Olga KENDECK
Founding President of the Association Women and Normalization in Francophonie, Cameroon

Ms. Esther Olga KENDECK is the founding President of the Association Femmes et Normalization en Francophonie and was Deputy Director at the Ministry of External Relations of Cameroon.

She now acts as Special Advisor to Think Thank CEIDES and has agreed to contribute to the creation of I-Dialogos think tank.

A specialist in issues related to international politics, she defended a thesis on "American hegemony within NATO and the problem of security in Europe (1990-1995)" at the University of Ottawa where she completed her schooling in 1997. Also interested in development issues, Mrs. Esther will follow numerous training courses, including: Development and management of projects in the 21st century, at the Gallillée Management International Institute in Israel, or her training in entrepreneurial techniques, at the Polytechnic School of Yaoundé.

Esther KENDECK also has experience in the world of the United Nations where she was Executive Attaché to the Permanent Mission of Cameroon to the United Nations in New York (1985-1989), but also as Cultural Attaché of Cameroon to the High Commission of Cameroon in Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Niger (1998-2006).