Dr Rose Mensah-Kutin was born on 22 November 1955 and is a Ghanaian gender advocate and professional journalist.
10 Facts About Rose Mensah-Kutin
Rose Mensah-Kutin was born and raised in Brofoyedru, a town in the Adansi South district of the Ashanti region of Ghana, to a cocoa and coffee farmer.
Dr Mensah-Kutin was once a student of Brofoyedru Middle and United Methodist Middle Schools.
Rose Mensah-Kutin completed Accra Girls Secondary School and later went to Aggrey Memorial Zion Secondary School for her sixth-form education.
Rose Mensah-Kutin completed a bachelor's degree in English and History 1978 at University of Ghana and returned to do master's degree in Mass Communication from the same university in the following year.
Rose Mensah-Kutin holds a second master's degree from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, and a PhD in Gender and Energy Studies from the University of Birmingham, UK.
Rose Mensah-Kutin was one time Social Impact Assessment officer at Ghana's Ministry of Mines and Energy.
Rose Mensah-Kutin sits on the boards of The Netherlands-based International Gender and Energy Network and African Women Development Fund in Accra, Ghana.
Rose Mensah-Kutin is currently the West Africa Regional director for ABANTU for Development, an international non-governmental organisation that empowers women by giving leadership training in sustainable development.
Rose Mensah-Kutin is married to Professor Kwame Karikari with four children.