Halima Yakoy Adam

Halima Yakoy Adam (born c. 2000, Lake Chad) is a Chadian paralegal and survivor-advocate. On 22 December 2015 at age 15 she was drugged and forced by Boko Haram to carry out a suicide bombing in Bol market, Chad. She survived but lost both legs. After rehabilitation with UNFPA support on Ngomirom Doumou island, she trained as a paralegal to help other women survivors of gender-based violence. Quotes I really like what I'm doing now. I do not want other girls or boys to fall into the same mistakes as me, and to be embroiled in extremism and violence. Halima Yakoy Adam, quoted in "From human bomb to paralegal, Boko Haram survivor helps heal her community", United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 9 August 2018. My paralegal training allows me to identify and educate islanders about early marriage and all forms of violence against women. Halima Yakoy Adam, quoted in "From human bomb to paralegal, Boko Haram survivor helps heal her community", United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 9 August 2018. External links Category:2000 births Category:Activists from Chad Category:Living people