Dr Rose Mensah-Kutin
Born (1955-11-22) November 22, 1955
Brofoyedru, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
Occupation(s)Activist, professional journalist

Dr Rose Mensah-Kutin (born 22 November 1955) is a Ghanaian gender advocate and professional journalist. As of October 2016, she is the West Africa Regional director for ABANTU for Development.[1][2]

Early life

She was born and raised in Brofoyedru, a town in the Adansi South district of the Ashanti region of Ghana, to a cocoa and coffee farmer.[3]

Education

Dr Mensah-Kutin was once a student of Brofoyedru Middle and United Methodist Middle Schools. She completed Accra Girls Secondary School and later went to Aggrey Memorial Zion Secondary School for her sixth-form education.[3] She completed a bachelor's degree in English and History 1978 at University of Ghana and returned to do master's degree in Mass Communication from the same university in the following year.[1][4] She holds a second master's degree from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, and a PhD in Gender and Energy Studies from the University of Birmingham, UK.[4]

Career

Earlier on in her career, she worked as an assistant editor for Daily Graphic in Ghana shortly after she co-founded Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana in 1999. She was one time Social Impact Assessment officer at Ghana's Ministry of Mines and Energy.[5] She sits on the boards of The Netherlands-based International Gender and Energy Network (ENERGIA) and African Women Development Fund in Accra, Ghana.[6] She is currently the West Africa Regional director for ABANTU for Development,[2] an international non-governmental organisation that empowers women by giving leadership training in sustainable development.[7]

Personal life

She is married to Professor Kwame Karikari with four children.

References

  1. 1 2 "Rose Mensah-Kutin". myafrica.allafrica.com. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Participant Detail". www.biopolitics-berlin2003.org. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Dr Rose Mensah-Kutin Tells Her Story". Modern Ghana. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Dr. Rose Mensah-Kutin | IEA". Institute Of Economics Affairs (IEA). Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Rose Mensah Kutin". Femaleachievers.org. December 1, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Rose Mensah-Kutin". ieagh.org. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  7. ↑ "ABANTU for Development". Britannica. www.britannica.com.
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