Josephine Ahikire
| Josephine Ahikire | |
|---|---|
| File:Capture d’écran 2018-05-10 à 16.16.42.png Josephine Ahikine | |
| Born | unknown |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Ugandan |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Makerere University |
| 💼 Occupation | Academic |
Josephine Ahikire, born in Mbarara, Uganda, is Professor and Dean of the School of Women and Gender Studies at the Makerere University of Kampala. Her work is related to the Feminist theory, Gender and Politics and Cultural Studies.[1]
Her book Localised or Localised Democracy: Gender and the Politics of Decentralisation in Uganda develops a theory about the crucial role that plays the State regarding feminist policies. She deals with the necessity for development programmes to require more attention and articulation to the women’s needs, highlighting a poor representation of women in the local government and decision-making bodies that limits women's influence in participatory rural development programmes.
Other current researchs of her are dedicated to the study of Gender and Citizenship, in reference to social citizenship and livelihoods, women’s land rights and women’s strategic presence and political settlement.
She is also currently running a collaborative project with the University of Manchester about Gender and political settlement.
Prof. Ahikire is Associate member of the African Gender Institute (AGI) and Associate Member of the Council for Development of Social Research in Africa[2]. Josephine Ahikire is also member of the Uganda Women’s Movement, the Council for Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)[3] and the African Gender Institute (AGI) of the University of Cape Town.
Works[edit]
- Controlling Consent: Uganda’s 2016 election. African World Press, 2016, co-edited with J. Oloka-Onyango.
- The politics of promoting gender equity in contemporary Uganda: Cases of the Domestic Violence Law and the policy on Universal Primary Education. ESID Working Paper No. 55, November 2015, with Amon A. Mwiine.
- African feminism in context: Reflections on the legitimation battles, victories and reversals. 2014. Feminist Africa, (19): 7-23.
- It all begins with me: Citizens' voices on uganda @ 50 and beyond. 2013. CBR Working Paper (102), with James Opolot, S and Madanda, A.
- Women’s engagement with political parties in contemporary Africa: Reflections on Uganda’s experience. 2009. Policy Brief (65), Center for Policy Studies
- Localised or Localising Democracy. Gender and the Politics of Decentralisation in Contemporary Uganda. 2007. Fountain Publishers.
- Gender and labour in sub-Saharan Africa: An annotated bibliography. 1997. Center for Basic Research. Kampala
- Women, Public Politics and Organisation-Potentialities of Affirmative Action. 1994. Economic & Political Weekly. (29), nº44
References[edit]
Profesional Page: http://womenstudies.mak.ac.ug/dr-ahikire-josephine
https://african.macmillan.yale.edu/symposium-gender-and-sexuality-africa/bios
http://www.effective-states.org/dr-josephine-ahikire/
https://womenstudies.mak.ac.ug/dr-ahikire-josephine
http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n89252029/
https://www.greatagriculture.org/person/ahikire
Sources[edit]
- ↑ https://african.macmillan.yale.edu/symposium-gender-and-sexuality-africa/bios
- ↑ https://justiceanddevelopment.com/josephine-ahikire/
- ↑ "Josephine Ahikire". Justice, Conflict & Development. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
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