Anietie Ewang

Anietie is the Nigeria Researcher in the Africa division. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, she worked as a Senior Staff Attorney at the Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) Nigeria. Anietie has also worked at the Initiative for Social Economic Rights (ISER), Uganda and the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Justice. She volunteers with local women’s groups to promote economic empowerment for indigent women in Nigeria.

Anietie holds an LLM in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She was also a visiting scholar at Columbia University and a research scholar at Makerere University, Uganda.