Staff Members

Dorcas Coker-Appiah, Executive Director, Board of Directors

A graduate of Wesley Girls and University of Ghana, Legon. A lawyer by training, she is a women's rights activist with a keen interest in using law as a tool for women's empowerment.

Margaret Brew-Ward, Program Officer

A graduate of the University of Cape Coast, Margaret is one of the newest members of the Gender Centre Staff. Before coming to the Gender Centre, she was with the Girl Child Unit of the Ministry of Education.

As Program Officer, Margaret has been in working on the Nkyinkyim Pilot Project since June 2002.

Esther Poku Mensah, Programme Support/Documentation Officer

Esthe is a para-legal and a young women/human rights activists. She holds a higher national diploma. She has worked with the Gender Studies and Human Rights and Documentation Centre for the past five years. Currently she is the Programme Support/Administrative Officer and also in charge of the Documentation unit.

Esther is in charge of the daily administrative details of the office, as well as the Documentation Centre.

Her skills lies in organizing workshops and teaching. She has a wealth of information on documenting women's human rights abuses and has facilitated workshops on it.