ELECTION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 43
OF THE CONVENTION ON
THE
RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, OF FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON
THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, TO REPLACE
THOSE WHOSE TERMS ARE
DUE TO EXPIRE ON 28 FEBRUARY 1997
Note by the SecretarynGeneral
Addendum
1. The present addendum contains additional nominations for
election to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, received
after the submission by the SecretarynGeneral of the list of
candidates in documents CRC/SP/21 and Add.1 and 2.
Biographical data of the persons nominated, as furnished by the
States parties concerned, are contained in the annex to the present
document.
Name of
candidateNominated by
Mrs. Namirembe Gerard
Bitamazire
Uganda
Mrs. Rita Félicité
Sodjiedo*
Benin
* Biographical data will be issued when received from the
nominating Government.
GE.97n15437 (E)
Namirembe Gerard Bitamazire (Uganda)
Sex
Female
Date of
birth
17 July 1941
Marital
status
Married
Profession
Public servant/politician
Education and training
M.Ed.
(Educ.)
1987 Makerere University
Administration
BA (Hons.) (Geography) 1963 Makerere
University
Postgraduate Diploma 1964
Makerere University
in Education
Career to date
1996 Member of Parliament
Directly elected representative for women in Mpigi district
1992 President of National
Administration/coordination of women
to date Association of Women organizations in
Uganda
Organizations in
Uganda (NAWOU)
1981 Deputy Chairman
Recruitment/appointment and general
to date Teaching
Service administration and
management of
the
Commission of
Uganda teaching staff in Uganda
1979n Cabinet Minister of
1980 Education and Member
of Parliament (NCC)
1974n Senior
Education Responsible for
administration of secondary
1979
Officer
schools
(June)
1971n Principal,
Tororo Responsible for administration
and management 1974 Girls Secondary School
of a large girls' secondary school with 650 students, 30
teachers
1968n Deputy
Principal Tororo Girls
School
1974
1964n Secondary
school Classroom teaching
1968 teacher
Membership of boards, commissions,
committees and associations
A list of membership of boards, commissions, committees and
associations is available for consultation in the Secretariat's
files.
International travels and conferences/
seminars/workshops
1995 Beijing,
China Fourth World Conference on Women
(Leader of NGO delegation)
1995
Zimbabwe
Donor Collaboration for Sustainable Development in Africa
1995
India
The Empowerment of Women through Education
1994 Dakar,
Senegal African Region Women's
Conference
1994 United
Kingdom YMCA World Council Meeting
1994
Zambia
Preparatory Consultations for Fourth World Conference on Women
1991 Hong
Kong Women in
Work Force Development Trends
1991 Republic of Korea Women
in YMCA/YWCA World Council
1991 Kampala,
Uganda Africa Leaders Forum (International)
1991 Kampala,
Uganda Africa Leaders Forum
1990
Tanzania
Educational Administration in East and Central Africa:
Policy Development and Analysis
1990
Geneva
YMCA Women Executive Committee Meeting
1989 Kampala,
Uganda First African Region Conference on Women's
Reproductive Rights, elected the overall Conference chairperson
1988 Ghana and Nigeria Study
tour on comparative education for the Education Policy Review
Commission
1987 Kampala,
Uganda Coordinated a national workshop on gender
stereotyping in science, mathematics and technology education
1985
Kenya
United Nations Women Decade Conference
Government delegate
1980 United States of
Leader of government mission to the America and United States
and Canada as Minister of Canada Education
1980 Sri
Lanka Leader
of delegation to Eighth Commonwealth
Ministers'
Conference
1980 Milan,
Italy Makerere University
Donor's Conference to solicit aid for the University
1972n Kenya and
Regular meetings
of the Board of Directors of 1974
Tanzania the
then East African Harbours
1970, United States of Study
tour, sponsored by USAID, on education JannJuly
America
management
Consultancies
A list of consultancies is available for consultation in the
Secretariat's files.
Conference papers
(only major ones listed)
Title of
paperConference/seminarCountryYear
AWomen in development: a Science
Clinic, and
Ghana
1989
survey of women and girls' Women in Science
and
Sept.
participation in Science, Technology
Education
Mathematics and Technology in Africa
education in Uganda@
AThe OAU Charter on Human UNESCO,
African Regional Uganda
and Peoples' Rights: the Workshop
African woman and human
rights@
AMother and Daughters in YMCA World
Aruba Alliance The Caribbean 1988
Uganda (A Study
of 11th
Council Conference
Indigenous Education for
Girls among the Baganda
in Uganda@
AWomen and girls' education African Regional
Workshop
Kenya 1987
and training in Uganda@ on
Women and Girls'
Education in Developing
Countries
AWomen and prostitution in UNESCO African
Region Brazzaville
1988
Africa: the Uganda case@ Workshop
on Prostitution
in Africa
Title of
paperConference/seminarCountryYear
AEducational personnel
Commonwealth meeting on
Kampala 1989
management and administran records keeping
tion: Decentralization of
education personnel records
in Uganda@
AThe legal framework of
Commonwealth Symposium
Ghana 1995
teacher management in
on Teacher Management
Uganda, Zimbabwe,
Support
Sierra Leone: an overview@
Research and publications
1989 Awarded International
Development Research Centre (IDRC) grant to conduct research on the
occupational activities of female primary school leaders:
five selected villages in Mpigi district (Uganda)
Submitted January 1992
1964n Conducted research and published
an extended paper on AThe
1965 geography of religion and
politics in Uganda@
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