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Agnes Atim Apea is a Ugandan social entrepreneur and politician. She founded the Hope Development Initiative, and was named to the BBC 's 100 Women programme in 2017. In the 2021 general election , she was elected to the Parliament of Uganda as the women's representative in the Amolatar District for the National Resistance Movement .[1] [2]
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Apea has a Doctor of Philosophy in International Development from the University of Reading , and a Master's degree from Uganda Martyrs University in Developmental Studies.[3]
Apea is the chairperson of Local Government Finance Commission and also the founder and chief executive officer of Hope Development Initiative,[4] [5] which promotes the rice growing industry for female farmers in several areas of Uganda. This has led to her nickname of "Mama Rice".[6] Her organization has arranged agricultural cooperatives in Uganda, and drive to achieve a significant portion of the market share. In addition to rice, the cooperatives also work with seeds used to make vegetable oil and cassava products.[3]
She is also the women's representative of Parliament for the Amolatar District in Northern Uganda.
In 2017, she was named to the BBC 's 100 Women programme.[7] [8] Apea found out while she was attending the 7th African Grain Trade Summit in Tanzania , saying that is it was because she promoted social justice and teaching to young women that she made the list.[6]
In the eleventh parliament of Uganda, she serves as the deputy chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industries & Fisheries.[9] [10]
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References
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^ "Atim Agnes Apea - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls" . visiblepolls.org . Retrieved 2 February 2023 .
^ a b "Agnes Atim Apea, PhD" . The Global Ambassadors Program. Retrieved 6 November 2017 .
^ "Agnes Atim Apea" . Institute for the Study of Human Rights. Retrieved 6 November 2017 .
^ "Agnes Atim Apea | Institute for the Study of Human Rights" . www.humanrightscolumbia.org . Retrieved 2 February 2023 .
^ a b Emorut, Francis (10 October 2017). "Ugandan among most innovative women in the world" . New Vision . Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017 .
^ "BBC 100 Women 2017: Who is on the list?" . BBC News . 1 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017 .
^ "Dr. Agnes Apea Atim" . Vital Voices . Retrieved 2 February 2023 .
^ "Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industries & Fisheries – Parliament Watch" . Retrieved 2 February 2023 .
^ "MPs Demand Allocation of Funds for Food Security" . Uganda Radio Network . Retrieved 2 February 2023 .
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