Fatima Madaki Abubakar

Fatima Madaki Abubakar has over seven years of experience working in areas related to education, environment, peace building, gender, and leadership. She is the Conflict Management Research Fellow for Mercy Corps Nigeria and is responsible for coordinating programs related to inter religious peace building in Northern Nigeria. Fatima Madaki Abubakar is the founder of Education & Sustainable Livelihood Youth Initiative (ESLYI), a youth-led organization that focuses on engaging youth; especially girls, in environmental sustainability, peace, and education related projects. She holds a bachelor’s of science in Psychology from the Federal University of Jos, Nigeria. Upon completion of the Washington Fellowship, she intends to provide conflict resolution assistance to pastoralist/herder and farmer conflicts in the middle-belt region of Nigeri. She plans to focus more on women and children affected by these conflicts and will organize women led peace initiatives aimed at promoting environmental sustainability, cultural tolerance, poverty reduction, and improving access to education for children.