Ayesha Imam ' yar asalin Najeriya ce mai fafutukar kare hakkin dan Adam. Ta kasance tsohuwar Shugabar Al'adu, Jinsi da 'Yancin Dan Adam na Asusun Kula da Yawan Jama'a na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya sannan kuma mamba ce ta farko kuma babbar sakatariyar mata ta kasa a Najeriya . Ta marigayi zama mai gudanarwa ta a BAOBAB domin Yancin Yan Adam naMmata, wani mutum hakkokin bayar da shawarwari kungiyar . Imam tana da hannu a cikin nasarar daukaka kara, hukuncin kisan Amina Lawal . Imam ta yi karatun digiri na farko a fannin kimiyyar ilimin zamani a Kwalejin kere-kere ta Arewacin Landan a 1980 kuma ya yi digiri na biyu a Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello (ABU) a 1983. Ta kammala karatunta na digirgir a jami'ar Sussex. Ta shiga Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello ta Zariya a 1980. A shekarar 1983, ita ce sakatariya mai ba da shawara, mafi girman matsayi a matsayin mata a Najeriya, kungiyar mata da ke zaune a Zariya . A cikin 1996, ta kafa BAOBAB, kungiyar dama ta mata wacce ke ba da kariya ta doka ga matan da ake tuhuma a karkashin dokokin Shari'a, dokokin al'ada ko wadanda ba na addini ba wadanda suka shafi mata amma an kafa su ba tare da la'akari da bukatun mata ba.