Dr Amon Ashaba Mwiine

Dr Amon Ashaba Mwiine
Dr Amon Ashaba Mwiine
Lecturer, Gender Studies

Amon Ashaba Mwiine is a Lecturer and a Critical Studies of Men and Masculinities Scholar, in the Department of Gender Studies, Institute of Gender and Development Studies, Makerere University. He holds a PhD (Sociology) from Stellenbosch University, South Africa. At Makerere University, he teaches on courses that include; Men Studies: Masculinities and Development; Gender and Sexuality and Feminist theory. His research interests are in Critical studies of men and Masculinity; ethnographic and narrative forms of qualitative research; gender and politics. His recent works include: Edström, J., Mwiine, A. A., & Tshimba, D. N. (2025). Patriarchal Backlash in Uganda?: Contested masculinities in conflict and peace building. In H. Myrttinen & P. S. Schultz (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Masculinities, Conflict, and Peacebuilding (pp. 296–307). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003320876-30 as well as Mwiine, A. (2022) ‘Tracking the trajectory of feminist advocacy in Uganda: How has theory informed the practice of advocacy?’, Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equality, 36(3), pp. 66–76. doi: 10.1080/10130950.2022.2112718.

Courses

GAD 1104: Introduction to Concepts and Theories of Gender and Development

GAD 1204: Introduction to Feminist Theory

GAD 3106: Feminist Activism and Civil Society

GAD 3209: Men’s Studies: Masculinities and Development

Research projects engaged in:

  • 2022-2024 – A 3-year fellowship ($ 28,000) by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University and Mellon Foundation on Archiving, Memory and Method. Fellowship Research Project is entitled Men, Marriage and Memory: Interrogating Community narratives’ construction and representation of men’s identities in Uganda. Andrew W Mellon Archiving, Memory and Method Grant No: G-1910-07213
  • 2018-2022 – Won a 2-year academic grant worth $20,000 by the Andrew and W Mellon foundation. The fellowship was hosted in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University. As an early career scholar, my research project was entitled On the Feminist encounter with men and masculinities: Silences, Polarities and the Contradictions of “the turn to Male Involvement” in Uganda
  • 2019-2023: GENDER and Agricultural research Trainer with Gender Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT). Training Areas include Men, Masculinities in Agriculture; Gender Transformative Approaches in Agriculture; Conceptualizing Agricultural Feminist Research.
  • 2020-2021: Conducting a National research project on Men, Masculinities and the Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Realisation in Uganda. The project is supported by Center for Health and Human Rights (CEHURD) Uganda
  • 2020 – 2025: Co-researcher on SIDA Supported project on Countering Backlash, Reclaiming Gender Justice. This is a-5-year project (2020-2025) multi-country initiative (East Africa (Uganda and Kenya); South Asia (India, Bangladesh); Middle East ( Lebanon) and Latin America (Brazil) to interrogate different forms of backlash in gender equity work.
  • 2019 – 2024; Co-investigator, Beyond war compensation: Gender Justice, Livelihood and Land Rights research project, in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The project is part of the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) - Gender Justice and Security Hub project supported by the United Kingdom Research Innovation (UKRI), and coordinated by the London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • May 2020: Research Innovation Fund (RiF) grant (as a co-researcher) by Makerere University on the Social response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda. The project is entitled "Men and Gender Based Violence: Changing Masculinities for Effective COVID”
  • December- 2019 – January 2020: Conducted a participatory Gender Audit of the Brooke, Central London (UK) – an international animal charity that promotes welfare of working horses, donkeys and mules. The audit was conducted in Brooke UK, covering six other countries (India, Pakistan, Kenya, Senegal, Nicaragua, Ethiopia) affiliated to the Brooke UK.
  • The 2019: won a grant (Uganda shillings 27,620,000) and conducted a mapping study on sexual harassment in Gulu University. Study conducted in Gulu University, supported by GMS Makerere University, UN Women, and the embassy of Sweden. It run in August – December 2019
  • Empirical research on understanding the nature and character of Sexual harassment in institutions of learning
  • Managing a research team of 3 co-researchers
  • Key findings on the institutional silences around sexual abuse
  • Developed a paper “let’s talk about Silence” presented in December 2019 on the inter-university dialogue at Makerere University, during the celebration of the 16 days of activism against sexual abuse.
  • 2018: Lead Consultant in the Revision of the Reality Check: Women in Leadership and Decision Making in Uganda by the Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE).
  • 2014: Developed the Reality Check: Women in Leadership and Decision Making in Uganda as a consultant with Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE).
  • October – December 2013: Co-researcher on the team developing Gender and Development Curriculum with Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development.
  • September 2013 – 2014: Researcher on the Comparative research project for the Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID), an International research partnership funded by the UK government’s Department for International Development and hosted by the University of Manchester in the UK and Center for Basic Research – Uganda.
  • June 2013 – December 2013: Co-researcher on the project entitled Making a Difference: Towards Women’s Substantive Engagement in Parliament and Local Council Decision Making in Uganda. The study was commissioned by Women’s International Cross-Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE), a women’s rights organisation in Uganda.
  • Nov 2012 – June 2013, Co-researcher on the national study that informed the Review of the National Strategy for Girls’ Education in Uganda
  • May 2012 – May 2013; Researcher on Uganda at 50 years of Independence; Amplifying citizens’ voices, celebrating active citizenship; commissioned by Center for Basic Research (CBR), Uganda.
  • 2010 – 2012 The Experience of Poverty and Shame in Diverse Cultural Settings, a multicultural study coordinated by Oxford University · 

Publications

Book Chapters

  1. Edström, J., Mwiine, A. A., & Tshimba, D. N. (2025). Patriarchal Backlash in Uganda?: Contested masculinities in conflict and peace building. In H. Myrttinen & P. S. Schultz (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Masculinities, Conflict, and Peacebuilding (pp. 296–307). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003320876-30
  2. Ahikire, Josephine, Amon. Ashaba Mwiine, and Peace Musiimenta. (2025). “Women and Gender Studies at Makerere University: Embracing Advances and Confronting Reversals.” In Routledge International Handbook of Feminisms and Gender Studies: Convergencies, Divergencies, and Pluralities, edited by Analiza Torres, Paula Campos Pinto, Tamara Shefer, and Jeff Hearn, 117–30. London and New York: Routledge.
  3. Mwiine, Amon Ashaba, and Jovah Katushabe. (2024). “Studying Men and Masculinities in Global Crises: Critical Reflections on COVID-19 ‘Lockdown Masculinities’ in Uganda.” In The Palgrave Handbook of African Men and Masculinities, edited by Ezra Chitando, Obert Bernard Mlambo, Sakhumzi Mfecane, and Kopano Ratele. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
  4. Mwiine, Amon Ashaba, Joy C Kwesiga, and Josephine Ahikire. (2024). “Makerere University’s Footprints on Gender Transformation in Uganda.” In Makerere’s Century of Service to East Africa and Beyond: 1922-2022, edited by A.B Kasozi, Josephine Ahikire, Dominica Dipio, Helen Byamugisha, and Isaac Tibasiima, 123–44. Kampala: Makerere University Press.
  5. Mwiine, Amon. A. (2021). Re-centering women’s historical role in gender equality activism: A case of “Male Champions” in Ugandan Parliament. In D. Dipio (Ed.), Moving Back into the Future: Critical recovering of Africa’s Cultural Heritage (pp. 185–202). Kampala: Makerere University Press.
  6. Ahikire, J., & Mwiine, A. (2019). Contesting ideas, aligning incentives: The politics of Uganda’s Domestic Violence Act (2010). In S. Nazneen, S. Hickey, & S. Eleni (Eds.), Negotiating Gender Equity in the Global South: The Politics of Domestic Violence Policy (pp. 67–87). London & New York: Routledge.
  7. Mwiine, A., & Bantebya-Kyobuhendo. (2015). Poverty the invisible and inseparable “shadow”: Reflections from the media and the better off in rural Uganda. In E. Chase & Bantebya-Kyomuhendo (Eds.), Poverty and Shame: Global Experiences (pp. 205–217). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Peer Reviewed Journal articles 

  1. Mwiine, Amon Ashaba, Margaret Najjingo Mangheni, Elizabeth Asiimwe, Martha Businge, Fred Shimali, and Losira Nasirumbi Sanya. 2024. “Masculinities in a Feminist Pedagogy: Lessons for Transformative Gender and Agriculture Training.” Frontiers in Sociology 9 (November). https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1461445.
  2. Mwiine, Amon Ashaba, and Josephine Ahikire. 2024. “Unravelling and Countering Backlash: Uganda’s Sexual Offences Legislation.” IDS Bulletin 55 (1): 129–40.
  3. Ringwald, B. Mwiine, AA. Chikovore, J. Makanda, G. Amoah-Larbi, J. Millington, K, Horton, CK. (2023), Ending TB means Responding to socially produced vulnerabilities of all genders. BMJ Glob Health 2023;8:e014151. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2023-014151   
  4. Mwiine, A. . (2022) ‘Tracking the trajectory of feminist advocacy in Uganda: How has theory informed the practice of advocacy?’, Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equality, 36(3), pp. 66–76. doi: 10.1080/10130950.2022.2112718.
  5. Morgan, R., Baker, P., Grif, D. M., Klein, S. L., Logie, C. H., Mwiine, A., … Wenham, C. (2021). Beyond a Zero-Sum Game: How Does the Impact of COVID-19 Vary by Gender? Frontiers in Sociology, 6(June), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.650729
  6. Mwiine, Amon. A. (2019a). “ Madam Speaker , these are colleagues who are learning to speak , can I allow them to speak ?”: Gendered performances and ethnographic observations in the Parliament of Uganda. International Journal of Gender Studies in Developing Societies, 3(1), 60–75.
  7. Mwiine, Amon. A. (2019b). Negotiating patriarchy? Exploring the ambiguities of the narratives on “male champions” of gender equality in Uganda Parliament. Agenda, 33(1), 108–116. https://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2019.1598273
  8. Mwiine, Amon. A. (2018). Promoters of Gender Equality? A Study of the Social Construction of Specific Male Parliamentarians as “Male Champions” in Uganda. Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
  9. Ahikire, J., Musiimenta, P., & Mwiine, A. A. (2015). Making a Difference: Embracing the challenge of women’s substantive engagement in political leadership in Uganda. Feminist Africa, (20), 23–42.
  10. Bantebya-Kyomuhendo, G., & Mwiine, A. A. (2014). ‘Food that cannot be eaten’: the shame of Uganda’s anti-poverty policies. In E. K. Gubrium, S. Pellissery, & I. Lødemel (Eds.), The Shame of It: Global Perspectives on Anti-Poverty Policies. (pp. 157–178). Clifton, Bristol: University of Bristol policy press.
  11. Mwiine, WALKER, R., Bantebya-Kyomuhendo, G., CHASE, E. CHOUDHRY, E., GUBRIUM, S., NICOLA, E. K., Y, L. Ø. D. E. M. E. L., MATHEW, I., and PELLISSERY, S., “Poverty in Global Perspective: Is Shame a Common Denominator?”, Journal of Social Policy, vol. 42, pp. 215-233, 2013

Working Papers and Research reports

  1. Mwiine, A. A. et al. (2023) Unravelling Backlash in the Journey of Legislating Sexual Offences in Uganda. 585. Brighton. doi: 10.19088/IDS.2023.007.
  2. Mwiine, A. A., & Ahikire, J. (2022). Between a Mask and a Meal: The nested dilemma of post-conflict communities’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Uganda (Gender Justice and Security Hub). https://thegenderhub.com/publications/between-a-mask-and-a-meal-the-nes…-/
  3. Ahikire, J., & Mwiine, A. A. (2020b). Gender Equitable Change and the Place of Informal Networks in Uganda’s Legislative Policy Reforms (No. 134). Manchester. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3528350
  4. Ahikire, J., & Mwiine, A. A. (2020c). Men and Gender Based Violence: Changing Masculinities for Effective COVID-19 Social Response in Uganda. Kampala – Uganda.
  5. Ahikire, J., & Mwiine, A. A. (2015). The politics of promoting gender equity in contemporary Uganda: Cases of the Domestic Violence Law and the policy on Universal Primary Education (No. 55). Manchester, United Kingdom.

Newspaper Article

  1. Mwiine, Amon Ashaba, (2023), Trending comments on men in kitchen a backlash to gender justice, The Observer, July 17th 2024 https://observer.ug/viewpoint/trending-comments-on-men-in-kitchen-a-backlash-to-gender-justice/
  2. Mwiine, Amon Ashaba, and Elizabeth Atuheire, 2024, Has the gender question at Makerere University become of age? The Observer, February 2024 -- https://observer.ug/viewpoint/has-the-gender-question-at-makerere-university-become-of-age/#google_vignette
  3. Mwiine, Amon Ashaba, March 2024 -- Beware of existing gender backlash https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/commentary/beware-of-existing-gender-backlash-4559628
  4. Mwiine, Amon Ashaba, and Atuheire, Elizabeth, (2023), “Reflect on the number of Young men in remand homes” Commentary article in New Vision, Tuesday December 12th, 2023: P.14 

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Networks/Collaborations

  1. Research Fellow under the British Academy mentorship programme
  2. Member of the Gender transformative Research methodologies, a community of Practice of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
  3. 2022 January to-date: Co-Ordinator, Gender Seminar Series, School of Women and Gender studies, Makerere University
  4. 2023 Appointed as the Doctoral of Philosophy External Examiner for the Zimbabwe University for Women, Zimbabwe
  5. 2023 Appointed the Doctoral of Philosophy External Examiner for the Wageningen University & Research
  6. 2020 – 2021: Member of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Scientific Committee leading the organising of the National Humanities conference for 2021, Makerere University
  7. June/July 2019: Appointed a member of the Vice Chancellor’s Roster of 100. These are persons of high integrity, appointed by the VC and trained by GMD as a collective pool from whom to constitute temporal committees to investigate cases of sexual harassment.
  8. 2019-todate – Gender Trainer with Gender Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT). I have particularly trained on Masculinities and Agriculture. 

Associations you belong to:

  1. Research Associate at the Center for Basic Research, Kampala
  2. Researcher with the Center for Health Human Rights and Development