Saudatu Mahdi (an haife ta a 20 ga Afrilu shekarar 1957) mai ba da shawara ne game da Ƴancin Matan Najeriya. Ita ce Sakatare Janar na Ƙungiyar Kare Haƙƙin Mata da Ƴancin Kariya (WRAPA). Ta buga littattafai sama da 20 ta mai da hankali kan cin zarafin mata, ƴancin mata, Shari'a da mata da mata a bangaren ilimi. Mahadi ta jagoranci tawagar da ta yi gwagwarmaya kuma ta samu nasarar wanke wata mata 'yar Najeriya da aka yanke wa hukuncin kisa ta hanyar rataya saboda ta haihu ba tare da aure ba. An haifi Mahadi a ranar 20 ga Afrilu 1957 a jihar Katsina, Nigeria. A shekarar 1964, matasa Mahdi aka aika zuwa Kaduna Tsakiya Primary School, Kaduna da kuma daga baya St. Louis Primary School, Kano inda ta kashe ƴan shekaru kafin barin Sacred Heart Primary School, Kaduna . A shekarar 1970, ta wuce Kwalejin Quen Amina da ke Kaduna. A shekarar 1978, ta fara karatun ta na farko daga Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello da ke Zariya sannan a 1992, ta zarce zuwa Kwalejin Gudanar da Ma’aikatan Najeriya (ASCON) don samun digiri na biyu.