Ms. Rebecca (Becky) Adda-Dontoh of Ghana has been the UN Resident Coordinator in Malawi since 10th December 2022. She is a Communications, Peacebuilding and Development practitioner with a cumulative 30+ years of service with national public service, civil society/NGOs and the UN, in development, conflict, transitional and humanitarian contexts in Ghana, Philippines, Nigeria, Malawi, The Gambia and Bangladesh.
Prior to becoming UN RC, she served as a Senior Peace and Development Advisor to UN Country Teams in Bangladesh, The Gambia and Malawi. Prior to that, she was in senior management positions as Deputy Director in the public service of her home country Ghana (Centre for National Culture); Conflict Prevention Programme Manager with Nonviolent Peaceforce in Mindanao, Philippines; and Peace Adviser with the German Association for Development Cooperation (AGEH) in Plateau State, Nigeria. Before then, she founded and led Mothers for Active Non-Violence (MOFAN-V), a women’s peace and development NGO; and was a Consultant for UNDP Ghana and the Ministry of Interior in the establishment and training of Ghana’s nascent Peace Architecture structures. Her footprints can be found in peace and development Policies and Laws in Ghana, Malawi, and The Gambia.
Ms. Adda-Dontoh has a Master of Arts degree in Public Relations and Public Communications from the University of Westminster. She is from Ghana and is a proud mother of two young adults.