Gender:: Female
Country/Countries I have worked in:: Uganda; Australia; Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda.
More Details: NAME: KEMIGISA MARGARET
Box 68 Ntinda, Kampala.
OVERVIEW OF CAREER EXPERIENCE
• Fifteen years experience in development work in a number of areas including health, water and sanitation, organizational development, HIV/AIDS, child care and development
• Social research in diverse fields including HIV and AIDS, education, agriculture
• Wide experience working with national and international organisations as well as government entities
• Leadership and administrative roles
• Consulting and provision of technical assistance, in social research, monitoring and evaluation
• Training adult learners in such areas as project planning and management, advocacy, monitoring and evaluation
• Development of tools and guides in support of project implementation eg monitoring and evaluation tools, quality assurance tools,
Research expertise
Qualitative and quantitative research skills with specific experience in;
• Research design and planning
• Provision of technical oversight to implementation of research
• Evaluation
• Basic research
• Needs assessment
• Quality assessment of interventions
• Baseline surveys
Areas of interest
• Social research
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Health and development, including HIV and AIDS prevention
• Child care and development
• Advocacy
• Training and development of tools and guides in support of development work
Current engagement
Freelance consulting, research, evaluation, training, development of tools and guides
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of London, 2008
Master of Environmental and Community Health, Griffith University, Australia (1997)
Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Sociology, Makerere University, Uganda (1994)
Certificate in Project Planning and Management, Makerere University Adult and Continuing Education Institute (1993)
Certificate Childcare and Development and Participatory Rural Appraisal Methodologies, Redd-Barna, Save the Children, Norway (1994).
Certificates in monitoring and evaluation, leadership and strategic planning,
Computer skills-Ms Office, SPSS, Endnote and Micro-CD-ISIS
PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED WORK
2008: Social networks and health promotion; the case for HIV and AIDS in Uganda, PhD Thesis, University of London
2005: Friendship Networks in a Ugandan Village: Implications for HIV/AIDS programming: Paper presented at the 37th British Sociological Association, Medical Sociology Group 37th Annual Conference, 2005, University of York.
2002 Kemigisa M (2002) Gender Equity and Equality in Health and Health care: A Ugandan Analysis. Occasional Paper, of the African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town
2001 The Effects Armed Conflict on Youth Development in Uganda: A report of the study of Internal Displacement in Bundibugyo, Kabarole and Kasese Districts, funded by the African Youth in A Global Age Fellowship Program
1993 Promoting Health in Uganda: A Study of Community Attitudes and Perceptions on the Role of Local Council Leaders in Village Health Promotion. (Masters Degree dissertation)
1993 Self -help organisations in Uganda: A study of Selected Organisations in Burahya County, Kabarole District (Bachelors Degree dissertation
REFEREES
1) Dr. Rose Namara Bakenegura
Uganda Management Institute,
P.O Box 20131, Kampala
2) Maude Mugisha
Formerly Coordinator, The Eastern African Sub-Regional Support Initiative
for the Advancement of Women (EASSI)
3) Dr. Nicki Thorogood
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT. UK
