MEET NOMINEE 3 OF 7 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER OF THE YEAR AWARD CATEGORY – FATUMA YUSSUF ABDULLAHI

Fatuma Yussuf Abdullahi is a Person With Disability (PWD), Woman Human Rights Defender and a business owner in Wajir County. She is the current Chairperson of Wajir County Civil Society Consortium, an umbrella of 21 CBOs. She has worked with Save Children as a community Mobilizer and is a Former Nominated MCA Representing PWDs. 

As a person living with a disability, she has taken it upon herself to advocate for the rights of other persons living with disability, taking on various initiatives to advocate for their rights as a minority group. 

Fatuma is also a paralegal trained by Aldef Kenya and served as a gender office in their county paralegal office from 2009 to 2010. She has served as a paralegal for fourteen years, twelve being on a voluntary basis. 

Fatuma is passionate and believes in justice for all. Her work goes beyond women and persons with disability, and she has been vocal about protecting sexual minorities.