Angela Dwamena-Aboagye Explained

Angela Dwamena-Aboagye
Birth Date:	April 1965
Nationality:	Ghanaian
Education:	University of Ghana, Georgetown university
Occupation:	Lawyer, Gender Activist

Angela Dwamena-Aboagye (born in 1965) is a Ghanaian lawyer, gender activist, and the Executive Director of The Ark Foundation Ghana.^[1] The Ark Foundation is an NGO that seeks to address women’s human rights in Ghana. Dwamena-Aboagye established the first shelter for battered women in Ghana and also set up a crisis centre, with a legal centre and a counselling centre to render sexual and gender based violence and child abuse services in different locations in Ghana, she is also a counsellor, and a motivational public speaker.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Early life

Angela Dwamena-Aboagye (nee Sakyi) was born in 1965.

Education

Dwamena-Aboagye attended the Mfantsiman Secondary School and also Holy Child School. She graduated from the University of Ghana and holds a Bachelor of Laws degree, and also a Qualifying Certificate of Law as a Barrister from the Ghana Law School. Dwamena-Aboagye also obtained a master's degree in law from the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., US and also a Master of Arts Degree in Theology from the Akrofi-Christaller Institute, Akropong Ghana.^[6] She was called to the Ghana Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor in 1989.^[7]

Personal life

She is married to Kwame Dwamena-Aboagye. He also works as a consultant for the Foundation, and they have four children.

Career

She is an Adjunct Lecturer in gender and the law in the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana; and also a consultant and trainer on gender and women’s human rights. She also worked with the Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General’s Department from 1990 to 1999 but resigned to found The Ark Foundation Ghana.^[8]

Awards and recognition

• Dwamena-Aboagye received the Ghana National Commission on Children/UNICEF National Media Features Award on Children in 1996. She was also the recipient of the Unilever Ghana Award for Distinguished Service for the development of women and children in Ghana in 2005.^[9]
• African Women’s Development Fund Women of Substance Award for 13 Distinguished African Women (2005).^[10]
• The United States of America Embassy 2nd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Peace and Social Justice in 2009.^{[11] [12]}
• Millennium Excellence Awards (2010) for Women’s Empowerment by the Millennium Excellence Foundation (2010).^{[13] [14]}
• She is also a recipient of the First African Servant Leadership National Awards for Women’s Empowerment in 2011.^[15]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Glitz top 100 inspirational women – Page 100 – Glitz Africa Magazine . 2022-05-28 . en-US.
2. Web site: Ghana News - DOVVSU lacks attention - Angela Dwamena Aboagye. Myjoyonline.com. www.myjoyonline.com. 2016-08-20.
3. Web site: Angela Dwamena-Aboagye: A true voice for the voiceless - Graphic Online - 2016. Graphic. Daily. en-GB. 2016-08-20.
4. Web site: Gender policy implementation key to development - Dwamena-Aboagye. 2016-04-23. Ghana Business News. 2016-08-20.
5. Web site: Gender Development And Resource Center Holds Symposium On Ghana's National Gender Policy. www.gimpa.edu.gh. 2016-08-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20160911160051/http://www.gimpa.edu.gh/news/gender-development-and-resource-center-holds-symposium-on-ghanas-national-gender-policy-1470316538/. 2016-09-11. dead.
6. Web site: Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs - MOWAC. femaleachievers.org. 2016-08-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20160913173454/http://femaleachievers.org/dir_profile_details.cfm?dowdirID=247&prof_categoryid=70&category_id=2. 2016-09-13. dead.
7. Web site: Management Team – The Ark Foundation, Ghana . 2024-03-19 . en-US.
8. Web site: BUSAC News Women Urged to Work Towards Peaceful Elections. www.busac.org. 2016-08-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20160821060624/http://www.busac.org/mainsite/news/nws_0019.php. 2016-08-21. dead.
9. Book: Safo (Mrs.), Margaret . The Mirror: Issue 2630 May 14 2005 . 2005-05-14 . Graphic Communications Group . en.
10. Web site: 2011-02-17 . Congratulations Angela Dwamena-Aboagye of the Ark Foundation . 2022-05-27 . The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) . en.
11. Web site: Programs and Events Accra, Ghana – Embassy of the United States. ghana.usembassy.gov. 2016-08-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20130215205801/http://ghana.usembassy.gov/pe150109.html. 2013-02-15. dead.
12. Web site: Angela Dwamena-Aboagye receives Peace Award. en-GB. 2016-08-30.
13. Web site: Past Recipients. 2016-08-30.
14. Web site: Management Team – The Ark Foundation, Ghana . 2022-05-27 . en-US.
15. Web site: Congratulations Angela Dwamena-Aboagye of the Ark Foundation – The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF). awdf.org. 2016-08-30.