Jackline Kemigisa

Jackline Kemigisa is a Ugandan feminist journalist, writer and researcher. Currently, she is a research affiliate with the Center for Art, Design and Social Research, focusing on parliamentary democracy in East Africa with a bias towards legislation on technology and women in elective politics.

Jackline Kemigisa

Why I’ve joined the court challenge against Uganda’s anti-gay law

This genocidal law targeting queer Ugandans seeks to disown both our past and present

By Jackline Kemigisa

/ 2 Jun 2023

Why I’ve joined the court challenge against Uganda’s anti-gay law

Por qué ya no celebro el Día Internacional de la Mujer

En lugar de ejercer la resistencia colectiva, ahora celebramos logros individuales de las mujeres de manera capitalista y neoliberal

By Jackline Kemigisa

/ 14 Mar 2022

Mujeres y niños trabajando un campo con azadones en Burkina Faso

Why I no longer celebrate International Women’s Day

Instead of collective and confrontational resistance, we now celebrate individual women’s achievements in capitalist, neoliberal ways

By Jackline Kemigisa

/ 8 Mar 2022

Why I no longer celebrate International Women’s Day