User:JERRY1994/sandbox/Miria Matembe

Miria Matembe (sometimes referred to as Miria Rukoza Koburunga Matembe) is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. She is a former member of the Pan-African Parliament Matembe also served as a minister of Ethics and Integrity for Uganda is currently the chairperson Citizen coalition on electoral democracy in Uganda (CCEDU).

Quotes

• "I don't support the idea that gender equality and women empowerment should be attained at the cost of the family"
  • Quoted in December 2009
    • About the Domestic Relations Bill.

• "The party I belong to is that of the Ministry of Jesus. We (women) should have a common agenda when it comes to issues affecting us"
  • Quoted in 2009
    • At an event in Bushenyi.

• "Because people think when you are a feminist you are a rebel who is busy breaking down marriages and destroying families".
  • Quoted in 2001
    • Women's Agenda in California, USA