Miria Matembe
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Miria Rukoza Koburunga Matembe (born 26 August 1953) is a Ugandan lawyer, politician, gender equality advocate and a senior citizen.[1]
In June 2006, she became a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow with the National Endowment for Democracy.[2]
Early life
Matembe 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
Matembe 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
Matembe 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
Matembe 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
- The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Betrayed.[9]
- Woman in the Eyes of God: Reclaiming a Lost Identity.[10]
- Miria Matembe: Gender Politics and Constitution Making in Uganda[11]
Awards
- Honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D) from University of Victoria, 2007
Personal life
She married Nekemia Matembe in July 1975. They have four children and several grandchildren.[12]
References
External links
- Endowment for Democracy Miria Matembe bio
- African Unification Front AUF
- Lecture transcript and video of Matembe's speech at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego, October 2006
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- Living people
- 1953 births
- People from Mbarara District
- Members of the Pan-African Parliament from Uganda
- Members of the Parliament of Uganda
- Government ministers of Uganda
- 20th-century Ugandan lawyers
- Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows
- 20th-century Ugandan women politicians
- 20th-century Ugandan politicians
- 21st-century Ugandan women politicians
- 21st-century Ugandan politicians
- Women government ministers of Uganda
- Women members of the Parliament of Uganda
- Women members of the Pan-African Parliament
- Makerere University alumni
- Alumni of the University of Warwick
- People educated at Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School
- 20th-century Ugandan women lawyers