Louange Koffi
Women’s Health and Empowerment Advocate
A Togolese now residing in Ghana is a registered nurse with over 5 years experience in this field.Her interests range from Health, Nutrition and Well-being, Sexual& Reproductive Health and Rights have seen her take to the international stage to agitate for better conditions for refugee Girls, Women and Youth.
Having witnessed her agemates fall into teenage pregnancy and victims of gender violence,which was made worse by the hardships faced by refugees. She committed to make things better for herself, pursuing education for a bachelor’s degree in nursing.
A firm believer in education herself, she extends career guidance to students in primary and tertiary education, motivated by her own experience and impact of pulling displaced persons out of the cycle of poverty.
Louange is committed to the empowerment of women and girls with health education while looking at men and boys as critical advocates in combating Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) by prioritizing their involvement in outreach programmes
She is an ex-Dafi (Albert Einstein German Academic Initiative) Scholar and a
UNFPA Youth Leaders Fellow, passionate about the health and well-being of people.
She has her sights set on the provision of menstrual hygiene products, to extend the impact of her advocacy work in health and develop a scholarship fund to educate more displaced persons in Ghana and beyond.