About the Author
I thought I should let you know more about me. It’s been a long time since I wrote articles about what I love most. I am excited about this venture of having to put up blog posts on what I read, research and through many experiences.
Check out my first blog post. It’s been a while since I last wrote articles. I am excited about having to write about my previous reads, research and thoughts on Jurisprudence, Gender and the Law and Good Governance.
Could be great blogs for research for burgeon students of Law, Researchers on Gender Equality and Jurisprudence.
Before I can put up any articles;
I would like to post about me In third person (in the voice I always get introduced in and talked about);
Patience Poni Ayikoru is a young leader enthusiastic about women inclusion in governance and gender equality. She is a final year student of Law at Uganda Christian University with keen interest in Women’s Rights. She has been a champion in a number of leadership spaces and has attended a number of platforms for great leadership and debate. She is currently the Guild Speaker and a Member of Parliament of the Law Faculty at the University.
“Being confident of this very thing, that he, who hath begun a good work in you, will perfect it unto the day of Christ Jesus”. Philippians 1:6
She is an alumnus of the African Women’s Leadership Institute (AWLI 2021) by Akina Mama Wa Afrika and UN Women; and a graduate from the Young Leader’s Forum 2019 intake organized by Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung. Patience has participated at the 31st Transformational Leadership Camp 2021 by Forum for Women in Democracy and in the African Feminist Macroeconomic Academy (AFMA 2020) by African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET). She also participated at the Feminist Transformational Leadership Training convened by Action Aid International Uganda and Global Platform Uganda in November 2020.
Attending a Civic Space Training Conference convened by Centre for Constitutional Governance at Collin Hotel, Mukono
She is an Award winner for All Africa Students’ Union SHE GAME AWARDS, Ghana in 2020 in the category of Phenomenal Woman leaders in universities. She also is the founder and Team Leader of a Community Based Organization in Koboko district, West Nile region of Uganda called Femme Talk West Nile with the aim of shaping girl child solidarity and a safe space for the rural women to share experiences on marginalization and harassment.
She has been in many more leadership spaces and has since been able to share her experiences and influence among her peers on leadership. She loves dancing, adventure, meeting new people and playing chess.
At a School event as Guild Speaker
Participating at the Feminist Transformational Leadership Training by Action Aid and Global Platform Uganda in 2020 in Arua
Participating at the 31st Transformational Leadership Camp convened by Forum for Women in Democracy in 2020 at Kyoto Center, Namugongo
At a Community Outreach by Femme Talk West Nile on Women’s Day 2020 in Koboko District
At the time of starting this blog, I am a finalist in undergrad and some of my posts will date back to articles I wrote in the past and never really posted before. Also, I will be able to refer to certain articles I have featured in by other writers.
I am more of a reader than a writer and I am proud of myself for being bold enough to start this journey of blogging. Disclaimer for my blogs; I will write in literally all persons and sometimes use spoken English but I hope the message gets delivered precisely. Enjoy!
Read more about me and my past from my LinkedIn account http://linkedin.com/in/patience-poni-ayikoru-538a64173
