Eunice Brookman-Amssiah is a Ghanaian former Minister of Health[1] and also served as an Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands[2] under the Rawlings government.
She was the first female vice-president of the Ghana Medical Association.
[3] Brookman-Amissah is also a physician whose leadership has been instrumental in advancing safe abortion access across Africa.
[4] Her efforts have successfully united healthcare providers, government officials, lawyers and activists in support of abortion law reforms in several African countries including Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Benin, Eswatini and Kenya.
[4] In 2023, Brookman-Amssiah was named as one of three Right Livelihood Award laureates for her work on liberalising abortion laws and promoting access to safe abortions in Africa.