Hilda Adefarasin (an haife ta a shekara ta 1925) ƴar rajin kare haƙƙin mata ce a Najeriya kuma tsohuwar shugabar ƙungiyar Mata ta ƙasa (NCWS). Ta bar aikinta na jinya a shekara ta 1969 don mai da hankali kan ayyukan ƙwararrun NCWS. A shekarar 1971, ita ce ma'ajin kungiyar sannan a shekarar 1987, ta zama shugaban kasa. An haifi Adefarasin a Lagos ga iyalin Wilfred da Ethel Petgrave a 1925. Mahaifinta ya yi aiki da kamfanin jirgin kasa na Najeriya a Legas ; duk iyayen sun fito ne daga tsibirin Caribbean. Adefarasin ta halarci makarantar sakandare na mata ta CMS, Makaranta da Kwalejin Achimota, Ghana. A shekarar 1945, ta zama ungozoma dalibita tare da asibitin Massey Street amma a 1948, ta yi tafiya zuwa Ingila don ƙarin horo inda ta cancanci zama likita mai rijista a 1951. A cikin 1960, ta kasance mamba kuma sakatariya ta Professionalungiyar Professionalwararrun ofwararrun ma’aikatan jinya ta Nijeriya kuma ba da daɗewa ba ta shiga Majalisar ofungiyoyin Mata ta asasa a matsayin wakiliyar ma’aikatan jinya. A cikin 1971, ta zama ma'ajin majalisar kuma tana kan mukamin har zuwa 1980.