[5] Attivor worked with the Bank of Ghana from 1976 to 2003 as a research clerk and then as a Personal Assistant to three successive Deputy Governors.

She contested the Ho West constituency primaries of the NDC in 2008 but lost to Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah who subsequently won the elections in December 2008.

She also set up a non-governmental organization named "Dedefund"[15] which is dedicated to the support of brilliant but needy children, the course of women and the youth, the NGO also cares for the 120 cured lepers at Schohaven Village located in Ho in the Volta Region.

Attivor made her intentions known publicly and launched her campaign to become the Volta Regional Chairperson of the National Democratic Congress in August 2018.

[16] She campaigned on the ideas of changing the norm by selecting a female to head the region and the fact that the incumbent government had failed in delivering their promises,[17][18] but she lost the elections and urged the members and other supporters to rally behind the winner and ensure a collective win for their party.

[22][23] EMV is a private sector initiative focused on putting up an internationally rated hospital complex for the use of residents within the West African subregion to reduce the number of citizens who go out of West Africa to receive treatment in South Africa, North America, Europe, Cuba and India.