In this position, Ms. Bekele contributed to global public policies that guide the development of the Internet. During her tenure, Sophia was instrumental in initiating policy dialog over [[IDN]]s as well as the formation of a [[IDN]] working group to focus on [[IDN]]s within [[ICANN]]. She was later credited for championing the inclusion of the global [[IDN]] community within this policy dialog. As a result, Ms. Bekele was also nominated to chair [[ICANN]]'s [[IDN Working Group]]. She was one of the co-authors of [[ICANN]]'s [[IDN]] policy guidelines. | In this position, Ms. Bekele contributed to global public policies that guide the development of the Internet. During her tenure, Sophia was instrumental in initiating policy dialog over [[IDN]]s as well as the formation of a [[IDN]] working group to focus on [[IDN]]s within [[ICANN]]. She was later credited for championing the inclusion of the global [[IDN]] community within this policy dialog. As a result, Ms. Bekele was also nominated to chair [[ICANN]]'s [[IDN Working Group]]. She was one of the co-authors of [[ICANN]]'s [[IDN]] policy guidelines. |