Assoc. Prof. Tabitha Mulyampiti

Assoc. Prof. Tabitha Mulyampiti

Assoc. Prof. Tabitha Mulyampiti

Associate Professor, Women and Gender Studies

Department of Gender Studies

Associate Professor Tabitha Mulyampiti is a distinguished academic researcher and gender consultant based in Uganda. She is currently a senior faculty member at Makerere University within the Department of Women and Gender Studies, where she has been a pivotal figure in advancing gender transformative policies and academic curricula in East Africa for over two decades. Her work intersects political science, gender studies, and international relations, with a specific focus on: Feminist theories, Women’s political representation and governance; and Gendered impacts of globalization and digital transformation. 

During the COVID-19 pandemic, she documented the role of women’s savings groups in community resilience, exploring how these informal financial systems mitigate economic shocks. Recently, she has been instrumental in aligning Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) with national development goals in Zanzibar, focusing on the "Blue Economy" and gender inclusion.

  • Introduction to women and Gender Studies
  • Gender, the State and Public Policy
  • Feminist Economics
  • The International Women’s Movement
  • Advanced Feminist Research
  • Advanced Feminist Theory
  • Women and Politics
  • Gender and Organisational Change (Gender and HRM)
  • Gender and Development in Africa

Current research projects include:

  1. The Empowered Entrepreneur: Mindset Training to Strengthen Outcomes for The Parish Development Model Beneficiaries in Uganda, Research and Innovations Fund, GoU
  2. The Gendered role of Social media in revolutionising Uganda’s electoral processes and outcomes in the 2026 Elections
  3. Beyond Access: Examining the Gender Transformation Gap in Makerere’s Digital Roadmap

Networks

A trusted global partner for sound analytic and practical solutions with professional research networks as:

  • Evidence Consortium on Women’s Groups

  • FinEquity - Women's Financial Inclusion Community

  • East African Learning Collaborative on Gender and Social Norms

  • Centre for Systematic Reviews and Knowledge Translation 

  • Expert Group GCF-IFAD Evidence review on the effectiveness of interventions promoting women's empowerment

Collaborations

  • The American Research Institutes/ The Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation
  • The Commonwealth of Learning
  • The International Labour Organisation
  • The Nile Basin Research Institute, University of Bergen

Associations

  • Action for Development, Women NGO
  • Uganda Association of Evaluators
  • American Political Science Association
  • Centre for Basic Research
  • Organisation of Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA); Council for development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA).

  • State co-optation of feminism: Unpacking the paradoxes of political representation. 

  • Where Banks Are Not a Possibility: Women's Savings Groups and Community Resilience in Uganda. 

  • African Women in the Globalization Process