Jessica Ejjembe

**Jessica Horn** (yazaalibwa mu 1979) mulwanirizi w'eddembe ly'abakyala, muwandiisi, mutontomi, era muwi w'amagezi ku ddembe ly'abakyala ng'asibuka mu Uganda n'e Mali. Emirimu gye essira lisinga kuba ku ddembe ly'abakyala, eddembe ly'omuntu okuba n'obuyinza n'okwesalirawo ku bulamu bwe ssaako eddembe ly'obutatuusibwako bulabe n'okulwanirira eddembe ly'oAbakyala mu Africa. Yatuumibwa ery'omukyusa w'oulamu bw'Omukyala Omufirika nga lino lyamuweebwa aba *ARISE* Magazine era n'alangirirwa ng'omu ku Bafirika 40 abali wansi w'emyaka 40 abakyusizza obulamu bw'abantu. Mu Gwekkumi, 2015 yeegatta ku kibiina kya African Women's Development Fund nga director of programmes 2015.

## Obuto bwe n'okusoma kwe
Horn yazaalibwa  Bungereza nga nnyina Munnayuganda ate kitaawe Mumerica n'akulira e Lesotho n'e Fiji. Yayita ebigezo bya international baccalaureate bye yakolera mu ttendekero lya Armand Hammer United World College of the American West. Yatikkirwa Diguli esooka  eya Bachelor of Arts degree (magna cum laude) in anthropology gye yasomera mu ttendekero lya Smith College mu 2001 ne Diguli eyookubiri eya Master of Science (Distinction) degree in gender and development mu ttendekero lya London School of Economics mu 2002.

## Emirimu gye
Horn Emirimu emitongole egy'okulwanirira eddembe ly'abakazi yagitandikira mu kitongole kya RAINBO gye yakola ng'omukwanaganya w'ekibiina kya Amanitare - nga kino kibiina kya Africa ekirwanirira eddembe ly'abakyala ku ddembe ly'ebyokwegatta n'ebyokuzaala. Yaweerezaako ng'oweebyensimbi mu kitongole kya Sigrid Rausing Trust, ekimu ku bitongole by'obwannannyini ebirudde nga bivujjirira okulwanirira eddembe ly'obuntu nga kisibuka Bulaaya. Yagenda mu maaso n'atandika ekibiina kye ekya Akiiki Consulting, ng'akola n'ebibiina ebiteeka ssente mu ddembe ly'obuntu, ebitongole ebikola amateeka, n'ebibiina ebirwanirira eddembe ly'obuntu, ng'ekya:Stephen Lewis Foundation, the International Rescue Committee, Action Aid, the Association for Women's Rights in Development, Ford Foundation East Africa, n'ekya United Nations. Kino kizze kimuviirako okukolera mu mawanga ga Africa agalimu entalo. Akola nga director of programmes mu kitongole kya African Women's Development Fund.

Ng'omunoonyereza, Horn yaweebwa awaadi ya Soros Reproductive Health and Rights Fellowship mu 2003 era yakola okunoonyereza ku ndowooza y'abakazi ku ky'okubakekejjula mu bukyala e Misiri. Yawandiika ebiwandiiko(monographs) bibiri ku ngeri enzikiriza ez'Ekikristaayo gye zikosa eddembe ly'Abakyala mu Africa wansi w'ekibiina kya Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). Y e yakulembera abawandiisi b'ekitabo kya Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Social Movements ekyafulumizibwa aba BRIDGE ab'oku ttendekero lya Institute for Development Studies, mu University of Sussex mu  2013.

Horn aweerezza ng'omuwi w'amagezi mu bitongole ebirwanirira eddembe ly'abakyala omuli: ekya Mama Cash, Urgent Action Fund-Africa, Comic Relief, the Kings College Conflict, Security & Development Group Knowledge Building and Mentoring Programme, ne the journal *Development*. Yakolako nga commissioning editor wa magaziini ya "Our Africa" on openDemocracy 5050 okuva mu 2011 okutuuka mu 2015. Y'omu ku batandisi b'ekibiina kya African Feminist Forum.

## Ebitongome bye
Horn yawangula awaadi ya IRN FannyAnn Eddy Poetry Award mu 2009 olw'ekitontome kye, kye yatuuma "They have killed Sizakele" n'awangula n'eya Sojourner Poetry Prize azaasalwa  June Jordan mu 2001 olw'ekitontome kye, kye yatuuma "Dis U.N: For Rwanda". Ekitontome kye ekya "Dreamings" kyatontomebwa mu mwoleso gw'abakazi ogw'ensi yonna ogwa International Museum of Women's online exhibition *Imagining Ourselves*. Era ye muwandiisi w'ebitontome omuli ekya, *Speaking in Tongues* (Mouthmark, 2006), ekyateekebwa mu kitabo ky'ebitontome ekya *Mouthmark Book of Poetry* omuli n'eby'abatontomi nga Warsan Shire, Malika Booker, ne Inua Ellams. Ebitontome bye bizze bisomebwa ku leediyo ya Pan-African poetry platform Badilisha Poetry Radio.

Ng'omutontomi omulwanirizi w'eddembe, Horn akozesezza obutontomi ng'omukutu okuggyayo n'okuvumirira abalinnyirira eddembe ly'obuntu n'okusomesa abantu okwagala balabe baabwe n'ababatulugunya ng'ayita ku mukutu gw'abatontomi ogwa The Love Mic.

## Ebimu ku bitabo n'ebiwandiiko by'afulumizza

### Okunoonyereza n'okusunusla ensonga

* Michau, Lori, Jessica Horn, Amy Bank, Mallika Dutt, and Cathy Zimmerman. 2014. "Prevention of violence against women and girls: lessons from practice", *The Lancet*.
* Horn, Jessica. 2013. Gender and Social Movements: Cutting Edge Pack, BRIDGE/ Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex.
* Horn, Jessica. 2012. Not as simple as ABC: Christian fundamentalisms and HIV/AIDS responses in Africa. Toronto: Association for Women's Rights in Development.
* Horn, Jessica and Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi (eds). 2009. *Voice, Power and Soul: Portraits of African Feminists.* Ghana: AWDF.  
* Horn, Jessica. 2009. "Through the looking glass: Process and power within feminist movements", in *Development*, Vol 52.2, Power, Movements, Change. London: Sage Publishers, Society for International Development.
* Horn, Jessica. 2006. "Re-righting the sexual body", in *Feminist Africa*. Cape Town: African Gender Institute.
* Horn, Jessica. 2005. "Not 'culture' but gender: reconceptualising female genital mutilation/cutting", in *Where Human Rights Begin: Health, Sexuality and Women Ten Years After Vienna, Cairo, and Beijing.* Chavkin, Wendy and  Chesler, Ellen (eds). New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.  ISBN&nbsp;

### Ebitontome bye

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* "Speaking in Tongues" in *The Mouthmark Book of Poetry*, Flipped Eye Publishing Limited, 2013.  ISBN&nbsp;.

### Ebitontome bye ebirala

* "A night in Zanzibar", in  (2011). *African sexualities: A reader*. Fahamu/Pambazuka. ISBN&nbsp;.
* "Uganda haikus (sunrise to 9pm)"
* "Sista, why do you run?"
* "Ye ye o (between a dancer and a drummer)"
* "epidermal offerings" and "salt"

## Awaadi z'awangudde

* Winner IRN FannyAnn Eddy Poetry Award 2009 
* Winner Sojourner Poetry Prize 2001 

## Ebijuliziddwamu

## Ebijuliziddwamu ebiva wabweru wa Wikipedia

* "Articles by Jessica Horn"