In 1967 she enrolled into Blessed Sacrament Convent in Brighton, England, and later she went on to become the Head Girl at St Leonards-Mayfield School in Mayfield, Sussex.

She called on Muhammadu Buhari, the incumbent President of Nigeria, to take a proactive measure in the fight against insurgency and the release of the girls.

[9] Sowa attended the School of African and Asian Studies at the University of Sussex from 1977 to 1980, and received a bachelor's degree in international relations.

At this post, she established relationships and she helped develop policy alongside national and international NGOs, governments across the five continents and their representatives in New York at the UN offices.

She has authored articles in learned journals and magazines and was a significant contributors to a book titled The Impact of War on Children.

Her most recent publication (February 2010) was as a contributing author and co-editor of a Harvard Law School/UNICEF[18] Innocenti book on Children and Transitional Justice[19] with UNICEF.

[21] She is also an independent advisor and consultant, specialising in international social development with a particular emphasis on children's rights and protection issues.