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Hauwa Ibrahim was born into a Muslim family in the northern Nigerian village of Hinnah. There she learned the values that strengthened her resolve, including her mother's conviction that education was the only path out of poverty. Knowing she was going to be given away in marriage at the age of 10, Ibrahim ran away from home to a girl's boarding school so that she could continue her education. Ibrahim's intellectual interests, combined with her passion for justice, led her to study law. She became the first female lawyer in the Yamaltu/Deba district of Gombe State, and is now widely sought after for her legal counsel.

When Sharia law was introduced in 12 northern states in Nigeria in 1999, it brought into question the protection of fundamental human rights, especially those of women. Ibrahim set up a groundbreaking legal practice, representing women and children sentenced by Sharia courts to death by stoning for adultery and to amputation for theft. She has defended over 150 cases free of charge, saving the lives of Amina Lawal, Safiya Hussaini, Hafsatu Abubakar and many others.

From 2010 to 2013 Ibrahim was a research associate and visiting lecturer at Harvard Divinity School. She has also been a professor in several US and European universities. In May 2014, the President of Nigeria appointed her to the presidential fact鈥慺inding committee on the abduction of over 200 female students by the terrorist group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. Cited for her credibility and passion for human dignity, Ibrahim has urged international support from the European 合法博彩网站 and the US Congress in addressing the unresolved tragedy of the kidnapped girls. She continues to voice the need for stronger action to address violence against women, abject poverty and lack of opportunities, in order to abate growing religious extremism.

Based on her own experience, Ibrahim feels strongly that education is the key to the future and, furthermore, that the education of girls leads to the education of families and, consequently, of the community and society.

Ibrahim invested her Sakharov Prize money in an endowment that provides educational opportunities for children in northern Nigeria. At the invitation of Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Ibrahim worked on issues of women's empowerment and social justice in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for West Asia鈥慛orth Africa in 2015. She is also working on issues of interfaith dialogue at the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies in Amman, Jordan. Since 2016 she has delivered an annual lecture to the Sakharov Fellows and international students at the Venice School of Human Rights, inspiring the audience with her own personal journey.

In addition to her activity as a lawyer and a lecturer, Hauwa Ibrahim has founded several development initiatives, such as The Peace Institute and Mothers Without Borders. The purpose of both organisations is to lay the ground for a future of genuine peace and reconciliation through education and reconciliation, in Nigeria and abroad. In October 2017 she launched the project 'Mothers Without Borders: Steering Youth Away from Violent Extremism'.