CFFP Volunteer Lea Börgerding Speaks with Dorothy Nalubega, a Ugandan Minority Rights Activist, Feminist and Environmentalist

Dec 19, 2019 | Lea Börgerding and Leonie Schmid
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Lea Börgerding (LB): Dorothy, you are a minority rights activist and environmentalist. Can you tell us a little bit more about yourself and your work? 

Dorothy Nalubega (DN): I am the African Coordinator of the Global Greens Women’s Network and the Chairperson of the East African Green Women. I am also the Secretary in charge of Women, Children and Vulnerable Groups on the executive  Committee of the East African Greens Federation. Here, at home in Uganda, I am the Executive Director of Ecological Party of Uganda. But lastly, I am the founding chairperson of KKONA Women, Agriculturalists and Environmental group. Among other things, I am involved in teaching women how to use alternative energies for cooking, as well as in reforestation efforts in collaboration with schools.