According to Hashim, NorthNormal grew out of the #ArewaMeToo hashtag, and has two objectives: advocating for “the domestication of the Violence against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPP),” and championing the conversation on “various forms of gender-based violence and rape culture across northern Nigeria.”
Kamar yadda Hashim ta bayyana, NorthNormal ya samo asali ne daga hashtag ɗin #ArewaMeToo, kuma yana da burika biyu: yunƙurin samar da "tabbatuwar Dokar hana cin zarafin mutane (ɓAPP)," da kuma ingiza tattaunawa game da "nau'ika daban-daban na cin zarafin mata da al'adar fyaɗe a dukkanin arewacin Najeriya."