Afi Azaratu Yakubu

Afi Azaratu Yakubu tsohuwar jaruma ce a harkar yada labarai, furodusa ce kuma mai fafutuka. Don aikinta tare da zaman lafiya da abubuwan ci gaba masu ɗorewa a Afirka gaba ɗaya musamman Ghana, ta karɓi lambar yabo ta Edberg 2006 a Sweden da lambar yabo ta Martin Luther King, Jr. na 2013 don Zaman Lafiya da Adalci.

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haife ta a Yankin Arewacin Ghana.

 Aiki 
Yakubu ta yi aiki a matsayin mai bincike, 'yancin mata da mai fafutukar neman zaman lafiya tun 1994. Ta hada gwiwa da kungiyar mata ta yaki da rikici da Savanna Women Development Foundation. Har ila yau, ita ce ta kafa kuma babban darakta ga Gidauniyar Tsaro da Ci Gaban Afirka (FOSDA), wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta ta gida. Ta hanyar FOSDA ta aiwatar da ayyuka iri-iri da suka mai da hankali kan rage barazanar tsaro da tsaron dan adam a Ghana da ma fadin yankin Yammacin Afirka. Misali, tun shekarar 2000 FOSDA ta jagoranci wani kamfe na yaki da amfani da kananan makamai da makamai a Yammacin Afirka.

 Kyaututtuka 
Makullin Yakubu yana aiki tare da haƙƙin mata kuma zaman lafiya ya sami kyaututtuka da karramawa da suka haɗa da:

 2004 - Mutumin Dagbon na shekara
 2006 - Kyautar Edberg a Sweden saboda aikinta tare da zaman lafiya da abubuwan ci gaba masu ɗorewa a Afirka gaba ɗaya musamman Ghana.
 2013 - Martin Luther King Junior Award for Peace and Social Justice daga Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka, don girmama aikinta na inganta zaman lafiya da tsaro a Yankin Arewacin Ghana.

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