Jacqueline Twemanye

I am an experienced Communications Officer skilled in enhancing organizational communication, both internally and externally, through consistent, and strategic communication to advance organizational mission and maintain a positive image and brand. My expertise includes content creation and management, media relations, website administration, digital and social media management. I have successfully coordinated the development and dissemination of numerous articles, publications, and advocacy materials, and built strong relationships with stakeholders and media. Additionally, I am skilled at resource mobilization, stakeholder engagement, public relations, and capacity building, ensuring high-quality, consistent, and impactful communication across all channels.

• August 2009 – October 2009 Certificate of Proficiency Insurance Training and Education Trust – Nairobi, Kenya
• Health Insurance, Fundamentals of insurance practice. General insurance practice
• August 2012 Training on Basic first Aid AAR Healthcare (U) Ltd, Kampala - Uganda
• First Aid awareness, Occupational health and safety. Basic life support skills

• The fight against obstetric fistula in Uganda; Progress made but challenges remain - by Jacqueline Twemanye
• Hepatitis can't wait for Covid-19 to go - by Jacqueline Twemanye
• The power of community voices in governance and social accountability - by implementing officers Jacqueline Twemanye, Ruth Ajalo and Christopher Ogwang

• 2019 Digital Storytelling Training CEHURD, LOOM Nepal, and Dance4life
• Skills Acquired;
• Digital storytelling as a tool for advocacy in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
• Acquired skills in multimedia content creation, including video production, audio recording, and photography, to craft authentic personal narratives.
• Developed competencies in interviewing, storytelling techniques, and using digital media to amplify youth voices and influence policy and social change.
• Engaged in collaborative learning with organizations specializing in health rights, youth empowerment, and creative advocacy.
• Applied storytelling to raise awareness, challenge social norms, and promote gender equality and sexual rights, aligned with LOOM Nepal’s feminist advocacy approach using personal narratives for social transformation.
• LOOM Nepal, a Nepalese organization based in South Asia, that uses storytelling as a tool for advocacy, research, and empowerment, particularly around social norms, gender equality, and sexual rights They leverage the power of personal narratives to raise awareness, foster dialogue, and drive change.
• Https://youtu.be/zNLHKRfaVNI?feature=shared

• 2020 - 2022 Development Initiative for Northern Uganda
• Communication and visibility contact person for the Legal empowerment and social accountability (LESA) action.
• Brief description of network/civil society organisation: The Development Initiative for Northern Uganda (DINU) is a Government of Uganda programme supported by the European Union (EU) and supervised by Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), in Kampala - Uganda. DINU is a multi-sectoral programme aimed at improving livelihoods in 41 districts in the five sub-regions of Acholi, Karamoja, Lango, Teso and West Nile for a duration of six years (2017-2023).
• Brief description of one main achievement you accomplished within the network/organisation; I recorded a video documentary with voices from community representatives and district stake holders show casing the journey and impact of the DINU-LESA action, to be used as a reference and advocacy tool on good governance and social accountability.
• 2021 – 2022 Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH)
• Regional communications focal person
• Brief description of network/civil society organisation This network seeks to nurture, strengthen, and promote collective knowledge, skills, and capacity of community-oriented organisations and health activists - primarily from Africa, Asia, and Latin America - working in the field of accountability and social action in health. The aim is to promote active citizenship to make health systems responsive, equitable, and people-centred.
• Brief description of one main achievement i accomplished within the network/organisation I participated in developing a communicational diagnosis to improve the communication strategy and website for the COPASAH network, this aimed at providing the basis to continue strengthening the network institutionally.