Women’s March: Celebrating Shafa’u Ladan Yusuf’s Legal Journey

Concerned about how the law affects women and children at the federal and state levels?

Shafa’u Ladan Yusuf is just the person you want to talk to; for in addition to her work adjudicating on matters at the Bauchi State High Court, she also has interests in how women and children issues are addressed.

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In continuation of our series celebrating Nigerian women, we present you some things you need to know about Mrs Yusuf:

• She is Chief Magistrate I/Principal District Judge I in the Bauchi State Judiciary, High Court Division.
• She is Director Translation, High Court Bauchi.
• She is the President, National Council for Women Societies (NCWS), Bauchi State Chapter.
• She is an adviser to the Bauchi State Government, and member of the Bauchi State Action Committee, on Sexual and Gender Based Violence.
• She is an associate member, Conflict Management and Leadership Training Institute, Calgary, Canada.
• She is an associate member, Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators.
• She was Secretary-General, Network Against Girls’ Street Hawking (NAGSH) 2006 – 2007.
• She was Chairman, Magistrates’ Association of Nigeria (MAN), Bauchi State Branch 2015 – 2021
• She was Bench-Member/Judge, International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition (ICCMCC), The Hague, The Netherlands, 2018, 2019.
• She has received multiple awards from the Bauchi State branch of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA)