Author: Dinnah Nabwire

Dinnah Nabwire was born in Lumino, Uganda. Dinnah has previously worked as the Policy and Advocacy Officer for the Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (ACORD), and served as Project Officer and Program Assistant in ACORD’s Uganda Country Program. She is passionate about issues including gender and women’s rights, child and maternal health promotion, peace building and transitional justice. She supports these matters through her work with organizations such as Uganda’s Ministry of Gender’s Gender-Based Violence Reference Group, the Maputo Protocol Coalition and the Core CSO Reference Group on Post 2015 Development Agenda where she was chairperson for the Media and Advocacy Group on behalf of ACORD. Dinnah is proficient in English and has working knowledge of Swahili, Luganda and Samia. She also has various trainings in human rights, gender, monitoring and evaluation and HIV/AIDS mainstreaming and has volunteered with the Friends of Christ Revival Ministry where she worked on community health promotion, HIV/AIDS care and case work management. She holds a bachelor’s degree in social work and social administration from the Uganda Christian University in Mukono as well as a master’s degree in education, gender and international development from the University of London.