Amunet Boafo

Amunet is pursuing the DPhil in International Development as an Academic Futures Scholar. Her research explores the effects of high levels of income inequality on decreasing ethnic self-reporting trends in census data amongst urban Afro-descendant communities in Bogotá, Colombia. 

Amunet has previous experience living and working in the UK, Japan and Colombia, where she has spent time working at several NGOs, including a feminist organisation in Bogotá supporting women victims of gender-based violence and displacement and a children’s foundation employing art and music as tools to combat the destructive influence of local drug-trafficking gangs. Prior to the DPhil, Amunet spent several months working at an NGO in Tokyo focussed on addressing global issues using local, community-based solutions. 

Amunet also holds an MSc in Latin American Studies from the University of Oxford’s School of Global and Area Studies and a BA in Spanish & Japanese Studies from the University of Manchester.