Sylvia Rosila Tamale was the first woman dean in the Law Faculty at Makerere University

Makerere University

Makerere University , Uganda's largest and second-oldest higher institution of learning, , was first established as a technical school in 1922. In 1963 it became the University of East Africa, offering courses leading to general degrees from the University of London...

, Uganda

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Education

Tamale received her Bachelor of Laws

Bachelor of Laws

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 (LLB) with honors from Makerere University

Makerere University

Makerere University , Uganda's largest and second-oldest higher institution of learning, , was first established as a technical school in 1922. In 1963 it became the University of East Africa, offering courses leading to general degrees from the University of London...

, her Master of Laws

Master of Laws

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 (LLM) from Harvard Law School

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, and her Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy

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 (PhD

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), in Sociology and Feminist Studies from the University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

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 in 1997. Tamale received her Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Center

Law Development Center

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, Kampala

Kampala

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, in 1990.

Academic career

Tamale has been a visiting professor at the African Gender Institute of the University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town

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 and a visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin. Tamale is currently dean of the Faculty of Law and Jurisprudence at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.

Selected publications

• 1999 When Hens Begin To Crow: Gender and Parliamentary Politics in Uganda
• 2006 "African Feminism: How Should We Change?"

Awards

• 1987-1988 Ford Foundation Fellowship
• 1993-1997 Fulbright-MacArthur Scholarship
• 2003 University of Minnesota Award for International Distinguished Leadership

External links

• "Dr. Sylvia Tamale - Dean of Law" brief biography at Makerere University, last accessed 18 October 2008