Marthe Wandou is a renowned Cameroonian human rights and peace advocate who has been working for civil society in Northern Cameroon since the 1990s. She studied law at the University of Yaoundé, Project Management at the Catholic University of Central Africa, and Gender Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. In 1998, Marthe Wandou founded the NGO Action Locale pour un Développement Participatif et Autogéré (ALDEPA) in Maroua, Region Extrême-Nord, to provide support and education for women who are victims of discrimination, violence and kidnapping. ALDEPA also provides support for children who are victimized by Boko Haram. In 2021, Marthe Wandou was awarded with the Right Livelihood Award, the so-called “Alternative Nobel Prize”, in Stockholm, becoming the first Cameroonian to receive this award.