Afi Azaratu Yakubu

Afi Azaratu Yakubu is a veteran media personality, documentary producer and an activist. For her work with peace and sustainable development issues in Africa in general and Ghana in particular, she received the 2006 Edberg Award in Sweden and the 2013 Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for Peace and Social Justice.[1][2]

Early life and education

She was born in the Northern Region of Ghana.[1][3]

Career

Yakubu has worked as a researcher, women's rights and peace advocate since 1994. She co-founded the Women United Against Conflict and the Savanna Women Development Foundation. She is also the founder and executive director for the Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA), a local non-governmental organisation. Through FOSDA she has implemented a variety of projects focused on reducing threats to human safety and security in Ghana and across the West African sub-region.[1][3][4][5][6] For instance, since 2000 FOSDA led a campaign on action against the misuse of small arms and light weapons in West Africa.[7]

Awards

Yakubu's key works with women's rights and peace has earned her awards and recognition including:[1][2]

  • 2004 - Dagbon Personality of the year[2]
  • 2006 - Edberg Award in Sweden for her work with peace and sustainable development issues in Africa in general and Ghana in particular.
  • 2013 - Martin Luther King Junior Award for Peace and Social Justice from the United States of America Embassy, in recognition for her work in promoting peace and security in the Northern Region of Ghana.[8]
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References
  1. "US Embassy congratulates Afi Azaratu Yakubu for winning Award". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  2. "Introducing Afi Yakubu". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  3. Online, Peace FM. "US Embassy in Ghana congratulates Afi Azaratu Yakubu for winning Martin Luther King Jnr Award". www.peacefmonline.com. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  4. "Let's conduct elections peacefully - FOSDA". ghananewsagency.org. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  5. Ghana, News. "Afi Azaratu Yakubu Awarded the 6th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Award - News Ghana". News Ghana. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  6. "Afi Yakubu | Coady Institute". 2019-06-13. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  7. "FOSDA's position on recent spate of armed violence". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  8. "US Embassy honours 2 Ghanaians with 2018 Martin Luther King Award". www.myjoyonline.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
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