Hassana Maina is a dynamic lawyer, writer, and gender consultant with a robust background in law and a specialization in development.
She has over ten years of impactful work and volunteer experience in Northern Nigeria, she is a committed self-starter passionate about influencing progressive social change.
Hassana Maina holds a law degree from Ahmadu Bello University, a masters degree in law with specialism in development and globalisation from SOAS, University of London. She has also obtained certificates from prestigious institutions like Said Business School, University of Oxford and National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies Kuru, Nigeria.
Hassana Maina is the founder and Executive Director of Anti Sexual Violence Lead Support Initiative (ASVIOL Support Initiative), the special assistant on SDGs to H.E Atiku Abubakar GCON, the managing director of HUMA Laundromat an environmental conscious business. Hassana Maina also sits as one of the advisors of the Youth Advisory Committee of the Netherlands Embassy in Nigeria and also sits on the Board of Pubic and Private Development Center (PPDC).
Hassana Maina was in 2019 mentioned by the BBC media action as the top 5 women fighting for human rights in northern Nigeria. In 2020 she was the recipient of the future Awards Africa prize for activism , in 2024 she was mentioned by leadership newspaper as one of the women redefining leadership in northern Nigeria amongst other awards and recognition.