FIDA – Ghana appoints new Acting Executive Director

Nana Akosua Asante is the new Acting Executive Director of FIDA Ghana.

She graduated from Middlesex University, United Kingdom, in 2001 with Joint Honours in Law and Gender Studies and was called to the Ghana Bar in October 2007.

She has been in private practice and has developed profound expertise in dispute resolution, compliance, and regulatory matters. Prior to her call to the Ghana Bar, she trained and worked as a paralegal in a law firm in the United Kingdom.

She was also a member of a research team with the International Labour Organization (ILO) that undertook research on Children in Armed Conflict, with specific reference to Sierra Leone. The research produced extensive findings on the causes, challenges and implications of children’s involvement in armed conflict, as well as measures for prevention and resolution.