Dr Zahara Nampewo is a Ugandan lawyer, human rights activist, and academic.
11 Facts About Zahara Nampewo
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Zahara Nampewo is the executive director of the Human Rights and Peace Centre at Makerere University School of Law, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.
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Zahara Nampewo holds a Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.
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Zahara Nampewo holds a Diploma in Legal Practice, obtained from the Law Development Centre, in Kampala.
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Zahara Nampewo has a Master of Laws degree in human rights, awarded by the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom.
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Zahara Nampewo worked as a specialist in gender-based justice at the United Nations Development Fund for Women, in Liberia.
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At Makerere University, Zahara Nampewo teaches law and heads the Human Rights and Peace Centre, a semi-autonomous department under the School of Law.
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Zahara Nampewo specializes in human rights and gender rights and teaches Conflict Resolution, International Humanitarian Law, Gender Law, Health Law, and Family Law.
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Zahara Nampewo has published considerably in peer journals on the subject and on related topics.
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Zahara Nampewo is a director at the Governance and Public Policy Research Center, a think tank, based in Kampala, Uganda.
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Zahara Nampewo is a board chairperson at Chapter Four Uganda and Uganda Lawyers for Human Rights.