103:
Afi
Azaratu 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),
330:
126:
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.
264:
104:
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
338:
380:
151:
256:
123:
2006 - Edberg Award in Sweden for her work with peace and sustainable development issues in Africa in general and Ghana in particular.
370:
67:
is a veteran media personality, documentary producer and an activist. For her work with peace and sustainable development issues in
375:
306:
108:. For instance, since 2000 FOSDA led a campaign on action against the misuse of small arms and light weapons in West Africa.
232:
88:
365:
95:. The Northern Region of Ghana has one of the highest levels of illiteracy and poverty in the country.
180:
208:
116:
Yakubu's key works with women's rights and peace has earned her awards and recognition including:
209:"US Embassy in Ghana congratulates Afi Azaratu Yakubu for winning Martin Luther King Jnr Award"
359:
105:
79:
and the 2013 Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for Peace and Social
Justice.
257:"Afi Azaratu Yakubu Awarded the 6th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Award"
76:
68:
285:
331:"US Embassy honours 2 Ghanaians with 2018 Martin Luther King Award"
92:
72:
152:"US Embassy congratulates Afi Azaratu Yakubu for winning Award"
58:
veteran media personality, documentary producer and an activist
75:
in particular, she received the 2006 Edberg Award in
307:"FOSDA's position on recent spate of armed violence"
54:
46:
38:
28:
21:
8:
233:"Let's conduct elections peacefully - FOSDA"
18:
136:
120:2004 - Dagbon Personality of the year
7:
202:
200:
175:
173:
171:
146:
144:
142:
140:
381:People from Northern Region (Ghana)
14:
267:from the original on 2019-10-24
286:"Afi Yakubu | Coady Institute"
1:
397:
16:Ghanaian media personality
371:Ghanaian women activists
181:"Introducing Afi Yakubu"
83:Early life and education
33:Northern Region of Ghana
376:Ghanaian film producers
106:West African sub-region
213:www.peacefmonline.com
87:She was born in the
335:www.myjoyonline.com
237:ghananewsagency.org
207:Online, Peace FM.
65:Afi Azaratu Yakubu
23:Afi Azaratu Yakubu
62:
61:
50:media personality
388:
350:
349:
347:
346:
337:. Archived from
327:
321:
320:
318:
317:
303:
297:
296:
294:
293:
282:
276:
275:
273:
272:
253:
247:
246:
244:
243:
229:
223:
222:
220:
219:
204:
195:
194:
192:
191:
177:
166:
165:
163:
162:
156:www.ghanaweb.com
148:
19:
396:
395:
391:
390:
389:
387:
386:
385:
356:
355:
354:
353:
344:
342:
329:
328:
324:
315:
313:
305:
304:
300:
291:
289:
284:
283:
279:
270:
268:
255:
254:
250:
241:
239:
231:
230:
226:
217:
215:
206:
205:
198:
189:
187:
179:
178:
169:
160:
158:
150:
149:
138:
133:
114:
101:
89:Northern Region
85:
71:in general and
34:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
394:
392:
384:
383:
378:
373:
368:
358:
357:
352:
351:
322:
298:
277:
248:
224:
196:
167:
135:
134:
132:
129:
128:
127:
124:
121:
113:
110:
100:
97:
84:
81:
60:
59:
56:
55:Known for
52:
51:
48:
44:
43:
40:
36:
35:
32:
30:
26:
25:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
393:
382:
379:
377:
374:
372:
369:
367:
366:Living people
364:
363:
361:
341:on 2019-10-24
340:
336:
332:
326:
323:
312:
308:
302:
299:
287:
281:
278:
266:
262:
258:
252:
249:
238:
234:
228:
225:
214:
210:
203:
201:
197:
186:
182:
176:
174:
172:
168:
157:
153:
147:
145:
143:
141:
137:
130:
125:
122:
119:
118:
117:
111:
109:
107:
98:
96:
94:
90:
82:
80:
78:
74:
70:
66:
57:
53:
49:
45:
41:
37:
31:
27:
20:
343:. Retrieved
339:the original
334:
325:
314:. Retrieved
311:Modern Ghana
310:
301:
290:. Retrieved
288:. 2019-06-13
280:
269:. Retrieved
260:
251:
240:. Retrieved
236:
227:
216:. Retrieved
212:
188:. Retrieved
185:Modern Ghana
184:
159:. Retrieved
155:
115:
102:
86:
64:
63:
39:Citizenship
360:Categories
345:2019-10-24
316:2019-10-24
292:2019-10-24
271:2019-10-24
261:News Ghana
242:2019-10-24
218:2019-10-24
190:2019-10-24
161:2019-10-24
131:References
47:Occupation
265:Archived
42:Ghanaian
112:Awards
99:Career
77:Sweden
69:Africa
93:Ghana
73:Ghana
29:Born
91:of
362::
333:.
309:.
263:.
259:.
235:.
211:.
199:^
183:.
170:^
154:.
139:^
348:.
319:.
295:.
274:.
245:.
221:.
193:.
164:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.