Victoria Mwaka
Victoria Mwaka | |
|---|---|
| Born | Victoria Mwaka Iganga district |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Citizenship | Ugandan |
| Education | PhD in Geography, Makerere University, |
| Notable work | First Female and Geographer to hold a PhD in Uganda |
| Political party | National Resistance Movement |
| Spouse | Nathen Okwakol Deceased in 2009 |
Victoria Mwaka is a Ugandan geography professor, politician and women's-rights activist based in Luweero district, Uganda.[1]
Background and education
She was born in Namunyumya in Iganga district.[1] She is a teacher, professor and politician. She holds a PhD in Geography attained from Makerere University.[1]
Career before politics
She started teaching in 1969 and she became an Assistant lecturer, Associate professor of geography and later headed the Geography Department at Makerere University twice from 1975.[2] She became a professor of Geography in 1991 making her the first Female and Geographer to hold a PhD and she spire headed the establishment of the school of women and gender studies and she headed it until she became the Deputy Chairperson of the Constituent Assembly between 1994 and 1995.[2] She was the lead researcher in the Liberia research study.[3]
Political career
She joined politics in 1996 when she emerged as winner as the women representative member of parliament for Luweero District and officially retied from active politics in 2011[4]
Personal life
She was married to Nathen Okwakol who passed on in 2019. Her career started as a teacher in 1969 and in 1993 she founded Victoria Model Secondary School in Luweero Town Council to offer affordable education for the girl-child. She was also nominated as the Head of Hospital Management Committee for Luweero District and was approved by the Luweero District council.[1][2][5]
References
- ^ a b c d Talemwa, Moses. "Female professors tell their long story". The Observer – Uganda. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Prof. Victoria Mwaka to Head Luweero Hospital Management Committee :". Uganda Radionetwork. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ Liebling-Kalifani, Helen; Mwaka, Victoria; Ojiambo-Ochieng, Ruth; Were-Oguttu, Juliet; Kinyanda, Eugene; Kwekwe, Deddeh; Howard, Lindora; Danuweli, Cecilia (3 January 2013). "Women War Survivors of the 1989–2003 Conflict in Liberia: The Impact of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence". Journal of International Women's Studies. 12 (1): 1–21. ISSN 1539-8706.
- ^ Galaxy (7 March 2019). "Women's Day: Here is a list of seven most powerful Ugandan women leaders who broke the gender 'fence' and became the first in their fields". Galaxy FM 100.2. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ Mwaka, Victoria Miriam (1996). "Women's Studies in Uganda". Women's Studies Quarterly. 24 (1/2): 449–464. ISSN 0732-1562.
