Ms. Diakité is in charge of documentation and legal information for the secretary general of government in the Prime Minister's office and is currently developing a legal database for Niger. As an active member of the Association of the Women Lawyers of Niger and RIDD FITILA (a women's rights NGO), she conducts training and sensitizing of rural women on their rights. She holds a master's degree in data processing. During her Humphrey Fellowship year, she will study information technologies, especially in the development of national strategies which use environmental protection to alleviate poverty in Africa.