Vanessa Headshot

Vanessa Awanyo

Communications Officer

Education
BA, Government, French Minor, Franklin and Marshall College, 2010
Education
MA, International Development : Social Policy and Social Development, University of Manchester, 2015
Institute
UNU-INRA
Nationality
Ghanaian
Contacts
vawanyo@unu.edu

Vanessa Awanyo is a Communications officer at UNU-INRA.

She has experience in Communications, Capacity building and training in the development sector in areas ranging from poverty alleviation, gender equality, Technical and Vocational Education and Training, climate change and WASH. She has worked with organisations like the BBC, African Development Bank/COTVET projects, CIDE (Canada)and UNHCR Ghana. She obtained her Master’s degree in 2015 in International Development: Social Policy and Social Development, from the University of Manchester(U.K).

Research Interests:

  • GAD( Gender and Development)
  • Women in the Informal Sector 
  • C4D (Communication for Development)
  • Just Transitions
  • Human Capital development 

 

Publications

Blog Post

Building a Bankable Green Future: Unlocking Funding for Sustainable Startups in Ghana

Maria-Ancilla Bombande, UNU-INRA researcher speaks at Young Green Entrepreneurs Forum.

03 Oct 2024

Blog Post

UNU -INRA,Ghana Geographers Association Partner to organise Annual Geographers Conference

“Advancing Human, Space and Technology Nexus for Sustainable Development”

07 Sep 2024

News

UNU-INRA and Development Partners build Capacity of Okyeman Area’s CREMA leaders on Natural Resource Management.

Safeguarding natural resources and assisting communities to revive existing resource management groups and establish governance structures.

25 Jul 2024

See all