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Ayesha Imam

Nigerian human rights activist

Ayesha Imam is a Nigerian born human rights activist. She is a former Chief of the Culture, Gender and Human Rights department of the United Nations Population Fund and a founding member and pioneer national coordinating secretary of Women in Nigeria.²

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About

She later became the coordinator of a BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights, a human rights advocacy group. From April 2017 to March 2023, she served as Chair of the Board of Directors of Greenpeace International.

Imam was involved in the successful appeal to overturn Amina Lawal's death conviction.

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Companies

United Nations Population FundBoard member¹¹

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Sussex^{3 4}
Date not recordedUniversity of North London³
Date not recordedAhmadu Bello University³

Lectured and research at institutions in Nigeria, the UK, Canada and Senegal

Published extensively, including works like Engendering Africa Social Sciences and two Specific Issues of Human Development.

Delivered multiple speeches and interviews over women's rights at Women's Learning Partnership events.

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Career

Occupation: political activist, editor, women's rights activist, feminist, lecturer.⁷

2017 to 2023Chairperson, Greenpeace International^{4 5}
Date not recordedDirector, United Nations Population Fund⁵
Date not recordedSecretary, women in Nigeria^{5 6}

Personal life

CitizenshipNigeria⁸

Awards

Date not recordedJohn Humphrey Freedom Award^{9 10}

Sources

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WikidataAyesha Imam on Wikidata
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WikipediaAyesha Imam on Wikipedia
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WikidataAyesha Imam: education, on Wikidata
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Wikidataeducation, as reported
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WikidataAyesha Imam: Director, United Nations Population Fund, on Wikidata
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WikidataSecretary, women in Nigeria, as reported
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WikidataAyesha Imam: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataAyesha Imam: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataAyesha Imam: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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WikidataUnited Nations Population Fund, Board member
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Wikimedia CommonsAyesha Imam photo by AWDF-wikiwomen, CC BY-SA 4.0