Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei

Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei is a human rights lawyer and member of Meta's Oversight Board. She works as program manager for the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA).[1] Her areas of expertise include human rights, women's rights, criminal justice, access to information and media freedom issues on the African continent.[2] She is a citizen of both Ghana and South Africa.[3]

Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei in 2014

She studied law in the Centre for Human Rights at Pretoria University in South Africa.[4] Before joining OSIWA, she previously worked for Save the Children and USAID.[5] In March 2020, she was one of the three Africans appointed to sit on the Facebook Oversight Board.[6]

References
  1. Rahman, Khaleda (4 May 2021). "Donald Trump's Facebook Future Will Be Decided by These People". Newsweek.
  2. "Ghanaian Joins Board Members For New Global Independent 'Oversight Board' For Facebook And Instagram Content". Modern Ghana.
  3. Culliford, Elizabeth (6 May 2020). "Factbox: Who are the first members of Facebook's oversight board?". Reuters. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. "Ghanaian Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei appointed to Facebook and Instagram Content 'Oversight Board'". Graphic Online.
  5. Ashiadey, Bernard Yaw (7 May 2020). "Meet Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei, a Ghanaian, who sits on Facebook's new Oversight Board". The Business & Financial Times.
  6. "Ghanaian Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei on Facebook board to decide Trump's fate". GhanaWeb. 25 February 2021.
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