Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Adolescent Health, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Human Rights, Public policy, Youth-led Accountability, Digital health, Adolescent Girls and Young Women’s Rights

Joweri Namulondo is an African intersectional Feminist and human rights advocate with an overwhelming passion for sexual and reproductive health and rights for adolescents and young people. In the past six years, Joweri has worked with various NGOs, serving in different capacities including programme design and implementation, advocacy, public policy and research at both national and African regional level.

Joweri was launched into the development sector even before her undergraduate graduation. She started as a volunteer with Youth Equality Center, a youth led organisation in Uganda but later gradually grew in to other roles as a Policy and Advocacy Officer, where she actively engaged in SRHR policy advocacy engagements at national level on addition to engaging on regional and global processes including ICPD +25, Beijing + 25, African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development among others.

Later, Joweri worked as a Programme Officer at Irise Institute East Africa where she actively championed program and advocacy efforts for menstrual justice through responsive policies, budgetary allocations and tax exemptions on menstrual products. She as well spearheaded a menstrual health feminist movement building for grassroots young women led organizations in Uganda.

Joweri is a recipient of a scholarship at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria where she is pursuing an MPhil in Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Africa. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from Makerere University in Uganda, a fellow of the gender equality change makers programme by Digital Frontiers Institute, and an alumnae of the Young African Leaders Initiative.

Joweri is a mother to an adorable two year old son. During her free time, Joweri enjoys hanging out with friends, going for solo dates, watching soccer and she is also a music and movie fanatic.