Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim

Biography

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is an Indigenous woman, a member of the Mbororo pastoralist people in Chad, and President of the Association of Fulani Women and Indigenous Peoples of Chad (AFPAT). Oumarou Ibrahim is an advocate for the greater inclusion of Indigenous peoples and their knowledge in the multilateral agenda addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation. An initiative on environmental storytelling grants has been named in her honor by Ami Vitale Productions. She received the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award and was appointed as a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Advocate. She serves as Chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues; UN-SDG Advocate; Member of the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC); Member of the Advisory Committee to the Secretary-General’s 2019 Climate Action Summit; and Conservation International Senior Indigenous Fellow. In 2019, she was listed by Time Magazine as one of 15 women championing action on climate change.