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Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo

Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo (born October 2, 1963) is a Ugandan professor of Women and Gender Studies, advocate for gender equality, social transformation and respect for women's rights. She is also a social anthropologist, feminist and social norms researcher and a lecturer at Makerere University.[1][2][3][4] She and Marjorie Keniston McIntosh co-authored a book called Women, Work and Domestic Virtue in Uganda 1900-2003 which won the Aidoo-Snyder Prize.[5]

Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo
BornOctober 02, 1963
Hoima District
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUgandan
EducationMakerere University, Cambridge University, Hull University
EmployerMakerere University
Known forAdvocate for gender equality and Women Rights

Early life and education edit

Bantebya was born in Hoima District.[6] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Social Sciences Makerere University in Kampala in 1997, a Master of Philosophy in Social Anthropology from Cambridge University in 1990 and a PhD in Sociology and Social Anthropology from Hull University United Kingdom in 1997.[6]

Publications edit

Bantebya was the principal investigator on the “Whole University Approach: Kicking Sexual Harassment out of Higher Education Institutions in Uganda”.[2][7] She was also a principal investigator of the International Development Research Centre Growth Opportunities for Women project. She was also a co-principal investigator of the Eastern African Social and Gender Norms Learning Collaborative Network hosted by Makerere University, School of Women and Gender Studies and Care International Uganda.[2][8]

She published Transforming the Lives of Girls and Young women in Uganda, Viet Nam, Ethiopia and Nepal; Strengthening Linkages between Poverty Reduction Strategies and Child Protection Initiatives and both projects were commissioned by the Overseas Development Institute United Kingdom, Shame, Social Exclusion and the Effectiveness of Anti-poverty Programme supported by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). She also published Theory of change and impact policy evaluation in cross-national settings,  and  the recent one Prevention of Sexual Harassment in Higher Education Institutions in Uganda.[9]

Career edit

Bantebye is a member of the vice-chancellor’s one hundred eminent member Committee for investigating Sexual Harassment at Makerere University. She has chaired a number of Sexual Harassment allegations against staff to their conclusion. She is one of the International Sexual Exploitation and abuse investigator under Care International Uganda office.[2] She also spearheaded the project called Strengthening the Resilience and Empowerment of Women Smallholder Farmers in Uganda.[10] She was also the Chairperson Uganda Women’s Network and patron of Women agriculturalist and environmentalist association. She also served on the Uganda civil society capacity Building Committee funded by European Union and chairperson National Quality Assurance Certification Mechanism Council.[6]

Books and journal articles edit

  • Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo & Marjorie Keniston McIntosh (2006), Women, Work & Domestic Virtue in Uganda: 1900 – 2003.  Jointly published by James Currey . ‐ Oxford Ohio University Press ‐ Athens and Fountain Publishers[11]  
  • Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo (2005) (Ed), Women’s Health, National and International Perspective.    Published by Women and Gender Studies Makerere University, Makerere University Printery[6]
  • The shame of poverty.[12]
  • Low use of rural maternity services in Uganda: impact of women's status, traditional beliefs and limited resources[13]
  • Problem drinking and physical intimate partner violence against women: evidence from a national survey in Uganda[14]
  • Poverty in global perspective: is shame a common denominator?[15]
  • Social institutions as mediating sites for changing gender norms: Nurturing girl’s resilience to child marriage in Uganda.[16]
  • Eight: ‘Food that cannot be eaten’: the shame of Uganda's anti-poverty policies.[17]
  • Reflections on a collaborative experience: Using ICT in a trans-cultural women's health module.[18]
  • Culture, pregnancy and childbirth in Uganda: surviving the women's battle.[19]

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References edit

  1. ^ "Makerere launches grants administration, management support unit". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  2. ^ a b c d "Professor Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo – School of Women and Gender Studies". Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  3. ^ "Ambassador Brown Hosts Women of Courage 2022". U.S. Embassy in Uganda. 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  4. ^ "CHUSS Professor, Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo appointed Head of Grants Administration and Management Unit". chuss.mak.ac.ug. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  5. ^ "Women, Work and Domestic Virtue in Uganda 1900-2003". Boydell and Brewer. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  6. ^ a b c d "Biographical Data Form of Ms. Grace Kyomuhendo-Bantebya Candidate of Uganda to CEDAW" (PDF): All. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "KISH". kish.mak.ac.ug. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  8. ^ "EPRC launches project to find modalities for rewarding unpaid care work". The Independent Uganda. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  9. ^ "Save the Children's Resource Centre". Save the Children’s Resource Centre. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  10. ^ "Strengthening the Resilience and Empowerment of Women Smallholder Farmers in Uganda". basis.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  11. ^ Kyomuhendo, Grace Bantebya; McIntosh, Marjorie Keniston (2007). Women, Work & Domestic Virtue in Uganda, 1900–2003 (1st ed.). Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-8214-1734-8.
  12. ^ Walker, Robert; Bantebya-Kyomuhendo, Grace (2014). The Shame of Poverty. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-968482-3.
  13. ^ Kyomuhendo, Grace Bantebya (2003). "Low Use of Rural Maternity Services in Uganda: Impact of Women's Status, Traditional Beliefs and Limited Resources". Reproductive Health Matters. 11 (21): 16–26. doi:10.1016/S0968-8080(03)02176-1. ISSN 0968-8080. PMID 12800700. S2CID 31783586.
  14. ^ Tumwesigye, Nazarius Mbona; Kyomuhendo, Grace Bantebya; Greenfield, Thomas Kennedy; Wanyenze, Rhoda K. (2012-06-06). "Problem drinking and physical intimate partner violence against women: evidence from a national survey in Uganda". BMC Public Health. 12 (1): 399. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-399. ISSN 1471-2458. PMC 3406983. PMID 22672439.
  15. ^ Walker, Robert; Kyomuhendo, Grace Bantebya; Chase, Elaine; Choudhry, Sohail; Gubrium, Erika K.; Nicola, Jo Yongmie; Lødemel, Ivar; Mathew, Leemamol; Mwiine, Amon; Pellissery, Sony; Ming, Yan (2013). "Poverty in Global Perspective: Is Shame a Common Denominator?". Journal of Social Policy. 42 (2): 215–233. doi:10.1017/S0047279412000979. ISSN 0047-2794. S2CID 145507014.
  16. ^ Muhanguzi, Florence Kyoheirwe; Bantebya-Kyomuhendo, Grace; Watson, Carol (2017-04-03). "Social institutions as mediating sites for changing gender norms: Nurturing girl's resilience to child marriage in Uganda". Agenda. 31 (2): 109–119. doi:10.1080/10130950.2017.1362897. ISSN 1013-0950. S2CID 149317455.
  17. ^ Kyomuhendo, Grace Bantebya; Mwiine, Amon (2013-12-11), Gubrium, Erika K.; Pellissery, Sony; Lødemel, Ivar (eds.), "'Food that cannot be eaten': the shame of Uganda's anti-poverty policies", The Shame of It, Policy Press, pp. 157–178, doi:10.51952/9781447308720.ch008, ISBN 978-1-4473-0872-0, retrieved 2023-05-20
  18. ^ Yusuf-Khalil, Yasmeen; Bozalek, Vivienne; Staking, Kimberlee; Tuval-Mashiach, Rivka; Bantebya-Kyomuhendo, Grace (2007). "Reflections on a Collaborative Experience: Using ICT in a Trans-Cultural Women's Health Module". Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity (71): 54–65. ISSN 1013-0950. JSTOR 27739240.
  19. ^ Kyomuhendo, Grace Bantebya (2009), Selin, Helaine (ed.), "Culture, Pregnancy and Childbirth in Uganda: Surviving the Women's Battle", Childbirth Across Cultures: Ideas and Practices of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Postpartum, Science Across Cultures: the History of Non-Western Science, vol. 5, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 229–234, doi:10.1007/978-90-481-2599-9_21, ISBN 978-90-481-2599-9, retrieved 2023-05-20
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