Aisha Fofana Ibrahim is a Sierra Leonean activist, feminist scholar, researcher and practitioner in Gender and Development.
She teaches gender studies at the graduate level, and promotes women's empowerment through advocacy.
As a gender activist, her current advocacy focus is on increased representation of women in decision making and leadership, and in ensuring that a new and revised Sierra Leone constitution addresses the marginalization of women.
Her current academic research focus is on gender and artisan mining, and the impact of Ebola on women and girls.
[1] She seats as chairperson or member, on several boards in Sierra Leone, including: The African Young Voice Media Empire (AYV), Rainbo initiative, Brac Sierra Leone and the Institute for Governance Reform (IGR).