I live Kano in Kano State, Northern Nigeria. I have worked in a range of professional contexts, including working as a banker for 25 years, a public administrator and a sociologist. As an activist, I have held a range of positions in the labour movement, and have been part of the women’s movement in Nigeria for more than 30 years. I am an advocate for women’s rights to be recognised as human rights nationally and internationally. My current work focuses on creating an enabling environment for sexual, reproductive health and rights for young people and adult women, promoting women’s rights, and developing young women and men to be responsible adults. In Northern Nigeria where I live, I have been a part of pioneering work on adolescent reproductive health and rights. I am the founding director of the Adolescent Health Information Projects (AHIP), located in Kano, which provides information, education, and counselling on sexuality and reproductive health to thousands of young people. We work in a subtle manner to counter fundamentalism and promote the well-being of young people. We also empower less privileged girls with not only practical, income-earning skills but also lessons in decision-making, leadership, health management, assertiveness and rights. AHIP’s research and advocacy activities promote the reproductive health and rights of adolescents in a region where such issues are not readily discussed. I claim a Muslim and a feminist identity because I am an activist for a world where equal rights and opportunities will be for every human and not for a few; a world where women’s rights will be respected as human rights and not as a privilege. As feminists in Africa today, we face the challenge of clarifying our values and balancing the multiple roles we play in making society a humane place to live for everybody. We need to fight against the tendency to undervalue ourselves as we have been taught to do by society. We also need to confront and end the stigma and misconceptions around what feminists stands for. In my own life I make every effort to “work and walk the talk” and to live my life according to what I believe in. Wherever possible I also encourage younger women to absorb the values and spirit of feminism. We have a lot to share and learn from each other in different regions of Africa. I hope that in the future we will have even more opportunities to meet, visit and exchange experiences among ourselves as feminist working in different countries