Constance Edjeani-Afenu
Constance Ama Emefa Edjeani-Afenu is the first female brigadier general of the Ghana Armed Forces and currently the Deputy Military Adviser to Ghana's permanent Mission in New York.[1]
Career
In the early 1990s, she was at the Junior Division of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College.[2]
She was appointed to serve as the Deputy Military Adviser of the Permanent Mission in the New York. It was also the first time a woman had occupied that position. She attended Wesley Girls' Senior High School.
On March 7, 2016, she was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, the highest position ever occupied by a female in the Armed Forces.[3][4]
Achievements
Among her achievement at a young age, she was awarded the most resilient officer award in her graduating class after a very tough training session in the Ghana Armed Forces. She was the first female to get top rank in GAF.[5]
References
- ^ "Ghana Armed Forces Records Its First Ever Female Brigadier General". Ghana News Today | Latest News on BuzzGhana.com. 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
- ^ "Celebrating Ghanaian women : 20 years after Beijing". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
- ^ Graphic.com.gh. "Constance Edjeani-Afenu becomes Ghana's first female Brigadier General - Graphic Online". www.graphic.com.gh. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
- ^ admin (2016-03-04). "Ama Emefa Edjeani-Afenu first female Brigadier General". Ghana Live TV. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
- ^ AfricaNews (2017-07-25). "Ghana gets first female Brigadier General: Salute to Constance Edjeani-Afenu". Africanews. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
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