Sylvia Tamale

Sylvia Tamale
Born Sylvia Tamale
1967 (age 48–49)
Uganda
Nationality Ugandan
Ethnicity Muganda
Alma mater Makerere University
(Bachelor of Laws)
Law Development Centre
(Diploma in Legal Practice)
Harvard University
(Master of Laws)
University of Minnesota
(Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology)
Occupation Lawyer, Academic & Activist
Years active 1987 - present
Home town Kampala

Sylvia Rosila Tamale is a Ugandan academic, and was the first woman dean in the Law Faculty at Makerere University, Uganda.[1]

Education

Tamale received her Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with honors from Makerere University, her Master of Laws (LLM) from Harvard Law School, and her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), in Sociology and Feminist Studies from the University of Minnesota in 1997.[2] Tamale received her Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Center, Kampala, in 1990.

Academic career

Tamale has been a visiting professor at the African Gender Institute of the University of Cape Town[3] and a visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin.[4] In 2003 she was condemned by Ugandan conservatives for proposing that gay men and lesbians be included in the definition of "minority".[5] Since 2004 Tamale was the dean of the Faculty of Law and Jurisprudence at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, from 2004 to 2008.[2][6] She was succeeded as dean by Professor Ben Twinomugisha.[7]

Selected publications

Awards

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2 December 2004). "Honouring Sylvia Tamale". Pambazuka News. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  2. 1 2 "Sylvia Tamale (Uganda)". London: The Equal Rights Trust. 2010. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Gretchen L. (21 December 2006). "African Female Scholars Share Virtual Lifeline". Worldpress.org. Archived from the original on 24 December 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  4. ↑ "ILS Past Fellows and Visitors (2000-2005): Tamale, Sylvia". University of Wisconsin Law School. 2007. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  5. ↑ Bennett, Jane (10 October 2011). "“Worst Woman Of The Year”: Sylvia Tamale Publishes African Sexualities: A Reader". Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID).
  6. ↑ "Dr. Sylvia Tamale". Makerere University. 2012. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012.
  7. ↑ On, John (20 March 2012). "New Dean at the School of Law". Makerere University. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Tamale, Sylvia (1999) When Hens Begin To Crow: Gender and Parliamentary Politics in Uganda Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, ISBN 0-8133-3462-4; reviewed: Parpart, Jane L. (2000) "Review: When Hens Begin to Crow: Gender and Parliamentary Politics in Uganda Africa Today 47(2): pp. 218-220; and Ottemoeller, Dan (1999) "Book Reviews - Politics - When Hens Begin to Crow: Gender and Parliamentary Politics in Uganda" African Studies Review 42(2): pp. 181
  9. ↑ Tamale, Sylvia (2006) "African Feminism: How Should We Change?" Development 49(1): pp. 38-41, doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100205
  10. ↑ Tamale, Sylvia, ed. (2011). African Sexualities: A Reader. Oxford, England: Pambazuka Press. ISBN 978-0-85749-016-2. with introduction and conclusion by Sylvia Tamale; reviewed Bennett 2011
  11. ↑ "Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals, 2003 Recipient, Dr. Sylvia Tamale, Uganda". Office of International Programs, University of Minnesota. Archived from the original on 13 May 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  12. ↑ Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) is an international, Pan-African, non-governmental development organisation for African women based in the United Kingdom with its African headquarters in Kampala, Uganda. "Akina Mama wa Afrika". The Royal African Society. Archived from the original on 20 November 2006.
  13. ↑ Staff (2 December 2004). "Honouring Sylvia Tamale: Outstanding contributor to the advancement of women's rights". Pambazuka News. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011.

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