Marian Amissah-Ocran is a Chartered accountant, development practitioner, and gender advocate with 20+ years of experience. She specializes in women’s economic and land rights, financial inclusion, and NGO financial management.
She holds an MSc in Development Finance from the University of Ghana Business School and is a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) as well as a member Institute of Directors (IoD-Gh).
She is skilled in engaging with diverse stakeholders and coordinates the Women’s Economic and Financial Inclusion Programme as well as Financial Administration of the Initiative for Gender Equality and Development in Africa (IGED-Africa).
For over a decade, she has led impactful projects including the All for Maputo Protocol Initiative (AMPI) and Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Ghana Project.
Prior to joining IGED-Africa, Marian served as a gender and land consultant at the LANDESA Centre for Women’s Land Rights, driving the agenda of the African Women’s Land Rights Network. Her tenure as the Network Coordinator at WILDAF Ghana further solidified her commitment to women’s empowerment, overseeing lead projects and national networks.
Marian has extensive research experience on financial inclusion and women’s rights issues and has trained in sustainable investments and women’s land rights advocacy. By way of advocacy initiatives, she has authored policy briefs, fact sheets, and publications. She has carried out Media engagements advocating for women’s rights to productive resources as well as Represented organisations on various committees and platforms.
Her pivotal role in advocacy campaigns led to landmark achievements with African regional human rights mechanisms, particularly the adoption of Resolutions and General Comments on the Maputo Protocol, marking significant milestones in advancing gender equality in Africa.
