Posted by BEN BEAUMONT – Clinton School student Tezira Jamwa of Uganda will attend and serve as a panelist at the 53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women, a UN global policy-making body dedicated to gender equality. Tezira will discuss her life as a politician in Uganda and discuss the future of women in politics. The event will be next week at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Tezira is a former country representative in the Parliament of Uganda and has worked as a journalist for The New Vision, a leading Ugandan newspaper. She’s also served as Chairman for the Lions Club and as a presidential-appointed Resident District Commissioner for her home district of Tororo.
Congrats Tezira!