Aisha Ismail, MON, appointed Minister of Women Affairs from June 1999 until May 2003, is a Nigerian matriarch and public servant.
At various times between 1992 and 1994, she was a Special Envoy to the Organisation of African Unity (now African Union), Head of Delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in Vienna and President of the African Regional Coordinating Committee on the Integration of Women in Development of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
[2] Aisha served in the Cabinet of Olusegun Obasanjo as the Federal Minister of Women Affairs and Youth Development from 1999 until 2003.
She worked on the passage of 2003 Child Rights Act,[3] and during her tenure was a member of the opposition All Nigeria People's Party.
[5] After leaving public service, she dedicated herself to her private life.