New book released!
In the Shadow of Shaddai
Listen to the audiobook of each chapter below.
THE VALUE OF A NAME
THE SHADOW OF SHADDAI
IN THE SHADOW OF SHADDAI, THERE IS DELIVERANCE
IN THE SHADOW OF SHADDAI, THERE IS PROMOTION
IN THE SHADOW OF SHADDAI, THERE IS PROVISION
IN THE SHADOW OF SHADDAI, THERE IS EMPOWERMENT
IN THE SHADOW OF SHADDAI, THERE IS LIBERTY
IN THE SHADOW OF SHADDAI, THERE IS TRANSFORMATION
IN THE SHADOW OF SHADDAI, THERE IS PROTECTION
IN THE SHADOW OF SHADDAI, THERE IS POWER & AUTHORITY
IN THE SHADOW OF SHADDAI, THERE IS HEALING
HOW TO STAY UNDER THE SHADOW OF SHADDAI
About the autor
Dzifa Gakpleazi is a product of Achimota School, a human rights lawyer with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree, with Honours, in International Human Rights from the Northwestern University School of Law (now Northwestern Pritzker School of Law) in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
She also attained a Certificate in Ministry from the Christian Leadership College of Royalhouse Chapel International and ordained as a Rev Minister.
She has travelled extensively through the regions of Ghana engaging in grassroots and grass tops human rights advocacy as well as garnered a lot of practical experience in project management having managed several donor funded projects and also collaborated extensively with local and international institutions such as United States Department of State, UNICEF, International Labour Organization, Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (formerly Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MOWAC)), to name a few.
Her primary areas of research are in law, human rights and development. Her work has focused on child labour, human trafficking, women and children’s rights as well as human rights capacity building for law enforcement agencies and other relevant stakeholders.She co-authored a concept paper entitled “What Does Human Trafficking Mean in Ghana” which led to the amendment of the Human Trafficking Act, 2005, Act 694 and was part of the team that drafted the LI to the Human Trafficking Act. She also co-authored the papers “There’s no functioning child panel in this region’: an assessment of child panels in Ghana’s juvenile justice system published in the Contemporary Justice Review; and “Ghana’s Juvenile Justice System: Assessment of Selected Formal Juvenile Justice Institutions and Agencies published in the Ghana Social Science Journal.”
She has offered widely pro bono services to indigents particularly in low income and marginalised communities.
She taught Business Law and Children’s Rights as an adjunct professor at Ashesi University and is currently a Lecturer at the Ghana School of Law and the Director of Administration of Royalhouse Chapel International.
She loves to write, teach, cook and garden and makes her home in Accra, Ghana.
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