The MFWA is managed by an eight-person Board of Directors, comprising eminent professionals of various backgrounds from around West Africa. The names of the members of the Board of Directors are:
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Chairperson
Maitre Soyata Maiga
Vice-President, Association des Juristes Maliennes, Mali;
Member, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
Vice Chairperson
Mr Edetaen Ojo
Executive Director,
Media Rights Agenda, Nigeria
Members
Mr Kwasi Adu-Amankwaah
Secretary General, Trades Union Congress (TUC ), Ghana
Mme Filomena Silva
Director,
Jornal Asemana, Cape Verde
Mr Soulé Issiaka
Director,
Radio Nederlands Bureau Afrique, Benin
Prof Takyiwaa Manuh
Director,
Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana
Mr Halidou Ouedraogo
Executive Member
UIDH Burkina Faso
Executive Director
Prof Kwame Karikari
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The organisation’s headquarters in Accra has a staff of full time personnel and several occasional resource persons. In addition, there are correspondents and researchers in nearly every country in West Africa. It also has a network of lawyers in West Africa who provide legal assistance.
The Organisation has a generally gender-balanced Board and Staff made up of three females and five males on the Board, and nearly equal members of female and male staff.
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