Dorcus Acen

Dorcus Acen
Personal details
Born
Dorcus Acen
NationalityUgandan
Political partyNational Resistance Movement
Other political
affiliations		independent
Occupationpolitician
Known forWomen's Representative in the eleventh Parliament of Uganda

Dorcus Acen, also known as Dorcas Acen, is a Ugandan politician and Alebtong District Women's Representative in the eleventh Parliament of Uganda.[1][2] She stood as the Alebtong District Women's Representative in the tenth Parliament of Uganda as an independent politician.

In the 2021 election, Dorcus Acen was affiliated with the National Resistance Movement as the ruling political party. During her campaigning period, she donated two ambulances to her home district to help with managing referral cases in the district and boost its rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] She also donated posho and beans to vulnerable people in the district whose livelihood had been affected by the extended lockdown and other presidential measures, aimed at managing the COVID-19 outbreak countrywide.[3] In the 2021, Ugandan general election, Acen was elected as the woman representative for Alebtong District.[4][5] In the eleventh parliament, she serves on the Committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development.[6]

Career

She worked at GBV Prevention Network as the focal person for sexual violence and violence against women in emergencies.[7] In 2018, she worked as the Gender and Protection Adviser at CARE International in South Sudan, where she is responsible for the overall direction of the Gender and Protection programme portfolio.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "30 women line up for 9 Lango Woman MP seats". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  2. ^ "Alebtong NRM Chairperson Faces Dismissal for Supporting Independent Candidates". Uganda Radionetwork. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  3. ^ a b "Alebtong: RDC retracts commands that were to be misconstrued". TND News. Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  4. ^ "Acen Dorcus - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls". visiblepolls.org. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  5. ^ Alebtong District Woman MP Christine Ayo Acen rarely speaks on the floor of Parliament., retrieved 2023-02-02
  6. ^ "Committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development – Parliament Watch". Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  7. ^ "Dorcas Acen | GBV Prevention Network". preventgbvafrica.org. Archived from the original on 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  8. ^ Acen, Dorcas. "Dorcas Acen". insights.careinternational.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  9. ^ "COVID-19: Magnifying Gender Inequalities | COVID-19 Response Portal". covid19.alnap.org. Retrieved 2021-03-20.