Assalama Sidi

Assalama Sidi

Past Member

Assalama Sidi is a human and women rights activist who has worked tirelessly to promote equality and social justice for the past two decades across West Africa and beyond. She has worked in development areas that include promoting gender and development, lifting up the voices of women and girls in remote areas, girls’ education and protection, youth entrepreneurship, and local civil society organization strengthening. She is also an experienced humanitarian worker who has led various initiatives that focus on food assistance, water access, and protection against gender-based violence in refugee and internally displaced camps in Niger. She has held various leadership positions with the United States Peace Corps and Plan International in different countries. Assalama is currently the Regional Director for Oxfam in West and Central Africa where she provides vision, strategic guidance and support to Oxfam programs in the 12 countries where Oxfam operates in West and Central Africa. Assalama graduated from the University of Niamey with a degree in Sociology and has earned many certificates in leadership, including a certificate in Management from Harvard Business School. She is fluent in six languages.