AAishatu Madawaki, OFR wata malama ce kuma ƴar siyasa a Nijeriya. Ita ce mace ta farko farfesa daga tsofaffin jihohin khalifancin na Sokoto (wanda ya hada da jihar Sakkwato a yanzu, jihar Zamfara da kuma jihar Kebbi ), yankin da Musulunci ya fi rinjaye a Arewacin Najeriya. A shekarar 1999, gwamnatin Attahiru Bafarawa ta naɗa ta kwamishinar harkokin mata da cigaban al'umma. Madawaki kuma mai ba da shawara ce da wakiltar matan Najeriya a harkokin siyasa. An haifeta a birnin Gusau, Madawaki tayi karatun firamare a makarantar Firamare ta Sarkin Kudu. Ta cigaba zuwa makarantar sakandaren ƴan mata ta gwamnati, da ke Kotarkoshi don karatun sakandaren ta. Ta sami takardar shaidar ilimin Koyarwa ta taraiya wato NCE daga Kwalejin Ilimi na Sakkwato (wacce aka sauya mata suna zuwa Kwalejin Ilimi ta Shehu Shagari). Bayan ta kammala karatun ta a makarantar, ta fara koyarda ilimin halayyar dan adam (educational psychology) a makarantar. Ta samu digiri na biyu a jami'ar Usmanu Danfodio, sannan ta yi digirgir (digiri na uku) a jami'ar Bayero. Madawaki ita ce mace farfesa ta farko a tsohuwar Jihar Sakkwato, wacce ta kunshi jihohi uku na Najeriya ta yanzu.