Tezira Jamwa is a Ugandan teacher, politician and

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and Entitlement (fair division), entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st c ...

activist. She represented

Tororo Tororo is a town in the Eastern Region, Uganda, Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Tororo District. History Tororo was garrisoned by the Uganda Army (1971–1980), Uganda Army's Air an ...

in the 1994 Constituent Assembly and thereafter was the Member of Parliament for West Budama North County in Uganda's sixth parliament (1996–2001). She is a founding member of Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) and also served on Tororo District's Service Commission.

Background and education

Jamwa was born in the

Tororo district Tororo District is a district in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The town of Tororo serves as the district headquarters. Location Tororo District is bordered by Mbale District to the north, Manafwa District to the north-east, Kenya to the east, B ...

. She has a

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in Social Works and Social Administration. She also has both a post-graduate diploma and a

Master of Public Administration A Master of Public Administration (MPA) is a specialized professional graduate degree in public administration that prepares students for leadership roles, similar or equivalent to a Master of Business Administration but with an emphasis on the ...

degree from the

University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. It is the Flagship campus, flagship campus of the University of Arkan ...

Career

Legislative

In 1994 Jamwa successfully contested the Constituent Assembly elections to represent the women of

as a Constituent Assembly Delegate (CAD). She served in this position from 1994 to 1995 and later contested the 2001 Parliamentary elections for Member of Parliament for West Budama. She lost to the then-State Minister of Labour, Henry Obbo.

Governance

In 1994 Jamwa, alongside

Winnie Byanyima Winifred Byanyima (born 13 January 1959), is a Uganda, Ugandan aeronautical engineering, aeronautical engineer, politician, human rights activist, feminist and diplomat. She is the executive director of UNAIDS, effective November 2019. From M ...

, Esther Dhugira Opoti, Benigna Mukiibi, Solome Mukisa and Betty Akech Okullo founded Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE), a women's empowerment

non-governmental organisation A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...

Political

She was appointed Resident District Commissioner (RDC) for

Kaberamaido District Kaberamaido is a district in Eastern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Kaberamaido, where the district headquarters are located. Location Kaberamaido District lies approximately between Latitudes:1.5 ...

, a position she resigned from in 2005 to be eligible for the 2006 Ugandan general elections. However, in 2012, it was reported that she had a running term on the

District Service Commission. She still held the same position in 2015 when she vied for Vice Chairperson of the

National Resistance Movement The National Resistance Movement (; abbr. NRM) has been the ruling party in Uganda since 1986. History The National Resistance Movement (NRM) was founded as a liberation movement that waged a guerrilla war through its rebel wing National ...

(NRM) Women's League representing the eastern region.

References

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