Ms Angela Dwamena Aboagye Achievements
Angela Icon of Human Rights Advocacy in Ghana
After ten years of dedication and hard work with the Office of Attorney Generals, working on human rights issues, Ms Angela Dwamena Aboagye honourably resigned
in her quest to fill in the gap in the delivery of human rights services in the country.
The 41 year old African woman married with four children is a women’s leadership and human rights trainer, professional counsellor, public speaker, and gender equality and women’s empowerment advocate.
In the year 2005 Ms Angela Dwamena Aboagye was acknowledge for her outstanding contributions to human rights advocacy in Ghana
Ms Dwamena Aboagye, who is one of the 13 women selected on the continent for the prestigious Women of Substance Awards, has a bachelor of laws (LL.B) degree from the University of Ghana as well as other post graduate degrees from several higher institutions of learning across the world.
She is an alumina of The African Women Leadership Institute, an international program run by Akina Mama wa Africa of UK. Through her work as the Executive Director and Founder of the Ark Foundation, she established the first shelter for abused women and children in Ghana, as well as a crisis, legal and counselling centre for rendering sexual and gender based violence services in different locations in the Greater Accra and Eastern regions of Ghana. It is during these times that she stood out for the weak and voiceless, that she won the admiration of many Ghanaian women and men for her contributions to the development of better human rights conditions in Ghana.
In her effort to change the face of human rights in Ghana, Angela established the Women’s Law and Human Rights Institute, a learning and capacity building Institute for teaching and building skills for young women leaders and advocates in Ghana.
It therefore came as no surprise when in November 2005; Ms Dwamena Aboagye’s name came up as one of the honourees in the maiden prestigious African Women of Substance Awards, when it was lunched at the La Palm Royal Beach, a luxurious five star hotel in Accra.
The award, an initiative of an international philanthropic organisation, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), the first fundraising and grant making organisation on the continent was established to acknowledge excellent examples of women contributing to the development of the Africa, whose efforts go unsung.
The African Women of Substance Awards is the highest honouring body on the continent that truly searches and awards people working to make a difference in the lives of the vulnerable and the poor. The award also seeks to raise the profile of those who do their work out of the limelight and to encourage emerging world leadership.
The maiden annual awards nominees were considered by an international consortium with different experiences and professional backgrounds. Finally 13 women from the continent were awarded the 2005 Prestigious African Women of Substance Awards
including the human rights advocacy icon from Ghana, Ms Angela Dwamena Aboagye.
Angela with other human rights organizations are currently working on a comprehensive policy document that includes strategies to provide coordinated services to victims of human rights abuse in Ghana. The move includes government agencies and is expected to reduce the trauma and injustice suffered by victims of human rights abuse in the process of seeking justice.
Foundation for Female Photojournalists (FFP) feature.
After ten years of dedication and hard work with the Office of Attorney Generals, working on human rights issues, Ms Angela Dwamena Aboagye honourably resigned
in her quest to fill in the gap in the delivery of human rights services in the country.
The 41 year old African woman married with four children is a women’s leadership and human rights trainer, professional counsellor, public speaker, and gender equality and women’s empowerment advocate.
In the year 2005 Ms Angela Dwamena Aboagye was acknowledge for her outstanding contributions to human rights advocacy in Ghana
Ms Dwamena Aboagye, who is one of the 13 women selected on the continent for the prestigious Women of Substance Awards, has a bachelor of laws (LL.B) degree from the University of Ghana as well as other post graduate degrees from several higher institutions of learning across the world.
She is an alumina of The African Women Leadership Institute, an international program run by Akina Mama wa Africa of UK. Through her work as the Executive Director and Founder of the Ark Foundation, she established the first shelter for abused women and children in Ghana, as well as a crisis, legal and counselling centre for rendering sexual and gender based violence services in different locations in the Greater Accra and Eastern regions of Ghana. It is during these times that she stood out for the weak and voiceless, that she won the admiration of many Ghanaian women and men for her contributions to the development of better human rights conditions in Ghana.
In her effort to change the face of human rights in Ghana, Angela established the Women’s Law and Human Rights Institute, a learning and capacity building Institute for teaching and building skills for young women leaders and advocates in Ghana.
It therefore came as no surprise when in November 2005; Ms Dwamena Aboagye’s name came up as one of the honourees in the maiden prestigious African Women of Substance Awards, when it was lunched at the La Palm Royal Beach, a luxurious five star hotel in Accra.
The award, an initiative of an international philanthropic organisation, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), the first fundraising and grant making organisation on the continent was established to acknowledge excellent examples of women contributing to the development of the Africa, whose efforts go unsung.
The African Women of Substance Awards is the highest honouring body on the continent that truly searches and awards people working to make a difference in the lives of the vulnerable and the poor. The award also seeks to raise the profile of those who do their work out of the limelight and to encourage emerging world leadership.
The maiden annual awards nominees were considered by an international consortium with different experiences and professional backgrounds. Finally 13 women from the continent were awarded the 2005 Prestigious African Women of Substance Awards
including the human rights advocacy icon from Ghana, Ms Angela Dwamena Aboagye.Angela with other human rights organizations are currently working on a comprehensive policy document that includes strategies to provide coordinated services to victims of human rights abuse in Ghana. The move includes government agencies and is expected to reduce the trauma and injustice suffered by victims of human rights abuse in the process of seeking justice.
Foundation for Female Photojournalists (FFP) feature.
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