Meet the Management and Governance of Uganda Media Women’s Association as it re-publishes this historical platform to enhance coverage and visibility of women issues in media.

Re-publication of The Other Voice would never have been possible without the tireless efforts of the Executive Director, Margaret B. Sentamu and the Board chaired by Dr. Patricia K. Litho.

Executive Director – Margaret B. Sentamu

Margaret B. Sentamu is a Development Communications expert who for the past 20 years has been involved in information and media work aimed at benefiting the majority poor with specific reference to women living in the rural areas.  She has worked (as a team leader, or otherwise) on a number of communication strategies, some of which she has designed or managed. Currently, she plays a lead role at Uganda Media Women’s Association, UMWA where she oversees the Association’s programs and project design, supervising their implementation and the overall delivery. She is one of the brain child of Africa’s first women focused radio station Mama FM managed by women.

At the Association, she has coached and mentored over 280 women now working with reputable organizations in Uganda and abroad and also has been a Chairperson of a Lead Agency of a partnership of Women Media Associations in Eastern and Southern Africa, involved in exchange of personnel to appreciate different cultures as well as offering different knowledge and skills

BOARD

Board Chair

Dr. Patricia K. Litho

Vice Chairperson

Dr. Emilly Comfort Maractho

General Secretary

Catherine Ageno

Treasurer

Dorothy Nanyonga

Committee Members

Sylvia Nalukwago

Beatrice Birungi