Miria Rukoza Koburunga Matembe is a Ugandan lawyer, politician and gender equality advocate.[1]
Miria Matembe | |
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| Member of the Pan-African Parliament for Uganda | |
| In office 2003–Unknown | |
In June 2006, she became a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow with the National Endowment for Democracy.[2]
Early Life
editMatembe was born on 28 August 1953 in Bwizibwera, Kashaari, Mbarara to Samwiri Rukoza and Eseza Kajwengye. She is the fourth-born of nine children (five boys and four girls).[3]
Education
editMatembe attended Rutooma Primary School, after which she proceeded to Bweranyangi Girls’ Senior Secondary School for her O-Level studies. She continued to Namasagali College for her A-Level studies.[4]
Matembe obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from Makerere University and, later, a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from the University of Warwick.[5]
Career
editMatembe began her career as a State Attorney in the Department of Public Prosecutions at the Ministry of Justice. She then worked as a Lecturer in Law at the Uganda College of Commerce from 1979 to 1983.
Later, she worked as a Senior Lecturer in Law at the Chartered Institute of Bankers from 1983 to 1989 before joining politics.[6]
From 1989 to 1994, she served as a Member of the National Resistance Council, representing Mbarara District.
She then served as a Constituent Assembly Delegate from 1994-1995.
In 1996, she was elected Woman Member of Parliament for Mbarara District, a seat she held until 2006.[7]
She also served as Uganda’s first Minister of Ethics and Integrity from 1998 to 2003.
Since retiring from elective politics in 2006, she has continued to be a passionate and outspoken advocate for gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Women's Rights Advocacy
editMatembe has been a strong proponent and advocate of women's rights in Uganda for more than three decades and has authored several articles and books to that effect.
In October 2006, she gave a lecture entitled, "Women, War, Peace: Politics in Peacebuilding" at the University of San Diego's Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series.[8]
Books
editAwards
edit- Honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D) from University of Victoria, 2007
Personal Life
editShe married Nekemia Matembe in July 1975. They have four children and several grandchildren.[12]
References
edit- ^ Pan-African Parliament members as of 15 March 2004 Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ten years of Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program" (PDF). NED International Forum for Democratic Studies: 25. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ Agather Atuhaire (12 December 2020). "Matembe Retires In Two Minds". Daily Monitor. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ "WHO IS WHO Miria Matembe". whoinafrica.com. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ^ "Miria Matembe". Salzburg Global Seminar. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ WHO IS WHO. "Miria Matembe". WHO IS WHO. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ Atuhaire, Agather (12 December 2020). "Matembe retires in two minds". Nation Media Group. Daily Monitor. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ Matembe, Miria; Perez, Alma Viviana; Santiago, Irene (2006). Women, War and Peace: The politics of peacebuilding. Online: JOAN B. KROC INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ The Struggle for Freedom & Democracy Betrayed: Memoirs of Miria Matembe as an Insider in Museveni's Government. Retrieved 2021-04-14 – via www.amazon.com.
- ^ Matembe, Miria (2009). Woman in the eyes of God: reclaiming a lost identity. Kampala, Uganda: New Life Publishers. ISBN 978-9970-17-600-7. OCLC 501315188.
- ^ Alim, Leena Omar. (2002). "Miria Matembe: Gender Politics and Constitution Making in Uganda. (Book Reviews)". Ahfad Journal. 19 (2): 86. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Matembe on her love life: I'm not a factory to be managed". Daily Monitor. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
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