Dr. Mariam Wallet Aboubakrine
Adjunct professor · University of Ottawa
Co-Principal Investigator · Ărramăt Project
President · Association Tinhinan
Chair of the Board of Directors · Land is Life
Adjunct professor · University of Ottawa
Co-Principal Investigator · Ărramăt Project
President · Association Tinhinan
Chair of the Board of Directors · Land is Life
For Indigenous Peoples, the natural world is sacred, it is part of themselves.
For Indigenous Peoples, the natural world is sacred, it is part of themselves.
About Mariam
Mariam is a Tuareg from Timbuktu in Mali. She received traditional Tuareg education and has a multidisciplinary background in medical, humanitarian, and education sciences. For more than 20 years, as a member of Tin Hinan, a nomadic women association in Sahel, she advocates for Indigenous Peoples rights.
As former chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples, she built strong connections with Indigenous Peoples, member states, United Nations, academics, and other partners.
Mariam is one of the six co-principal investigators of the Arramat Project, a Co-chair of a UNESCO chair Collaboration for Indigenous-Led Biodiversity Conservation, Health and Well-being, President of the Association Tinhinan, Chair of the Board of Directors at Land is Life, and an Adjunct Professor at la Faculté de droit civil de l’Université d’Ottawa, where she teaches “Les ordres juridiques autochtones et le droit international”.
“We are so happy to have a woman doctor from our people”
“We are so happy to have a woman doctor from our people”
“ You inspired me a lot to pursue my studies in the medicine program at Harvard”
“ You inspired me a lot to pursue my studies in the medicine program at Harvard”
(Message from a young indigenous of the Yaqui Nation, United-States).