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Name |
Nana Oye Lithur |
| Profession |
Barrister/Solicitor |
| Nationality |
Ghanaian |
| Key Experience |
Human Rights and Gender Advocate with extensive experience in human rights and gender training and advocacy, corporate practice, investment, commercial, banking and finance laws. |
| Key Qualification |
College
University of Pretoria, South Africa
University of Ghana, Legon |
Degree
LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)
LLB (Hons) |
| Experience Record |
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
African Youth Alliance/FIDA Adolescent Reproductive Rights Project
Law Trust Company
Akuffo Legal Consultancy
Laryea, Laryea & Co. PC |
Regional Coordinator (Africa Office)
National Coordinator
Senior Associate
Legal Consultant
Associate Barrister/Solicitor |
2004 - date
2002 - 2003
1996 - 2002
1994 - 1996
1991 - 1994 |
| Gender Work |
African Women Lawyers Association
International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Ghana) |
1999 - 2004
1995 - 2004 |
| Publications |
The Daily Graphic
- Reproductive rights of Women in Ghana , legal and Policy issues
- The making of the Optional Protocol to the CEDAW Convention
- Celebration 2000: A review of the Intestate Succession Law
- Paralegal training in Ghana , prospects and successes
- Breaking the Glass ceiling? Examining Women’s participation in the electoral Process in Ghana .
- The Laws regulating marriage in Ghana
High Street Journal
- Empowering Women for the Global Economy
- Using CEDAW as a tool to Enforce Women’s Rights in Ghana
- The Role of the African Women in preserving the African Cultural Heritage
- Review Beijing +5, From Dakar to Addis Ababa to Beijing to where?
- Violence against Women and harmful traditional practises, the role of the Queen mother
- Are Gender equality and social justice achievable within capitalism?
- The “F” Word, Building Feminists leadership amongst our youth
- In Defence of Gender budgeting
- Activities and services of the civil society in civic education, a case study of FIDA
- Engendering the Peace Process in Africa
The Dispatch newspaper
- Strategies to combat Violence against women
The Guardian
- Women’s participation in the Parliamentary Process: a comparative analysis of Ghana and South Africa Parliament
Africa Reproductive Health Journal
- Destigmatising abortion: expanding community awareness of abortion as a reproductive health issue in Ghana
Websites
‘If women were to rule the world’, examining women’s role in government in Africa
African Women Lawyers training manuals
- Good governance-mainstreaming gender issues into the legislative process Training manual for Parliamentarians
- Operating within the law, The laws and Policy on abortion in Ghana
- Alternate report on violence against Women for Beijing +5 Conference
International Federation of Women Lawyers FIDA
- Co-Author: FIDA/African Youth Alliance Advocacy Training Manual A dolescent Reproductive Rights in Ghana
- Co-Author: A Strategic Framework for Adolescent Reproductive Health Simplified handbook on the rights of the Child in Ghana
African Legal AID Quarterly July – September 2003
- Gender based violence and the health sector
- Assessing Prevalence and effective intervention to address Gender based Violence in Ghana
FIDA Publications
- National report on Women Participation in politics in Ghana
- Simplified Handbook on adolescent Reproductive Rights in Ghana
Research Reports
- WHO Report: Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention: Strengthening Health Services for Victims of Sexual Violence
Forthcoming
- African Human Rights Law Journal:; Access to Information assessing Access to Information legislation in Commonwealth Africa
- Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences: Assessing Gender and Political Power in Ghana from the Colonial Period
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| Attachments |
Commonwealth Secretariat Legal Division
Denton Hallburging and Warrens (Corporate Finance Energy Groups) |
| Languages |
English – Excellent |
| Contact |
Mailing Address
Cantonments,
P.O. Box CT1466,
Accra,
Ghana
Telephone
+233(24)4704641
Email
Email Contact |