Multi-lingual advocate of the High Court of Tanzania with over ten years professional experience in the public & CSO sectors in the United States, East African Community and the Southern Africa Development Community.
Expertise in legal-sector reform; human rights advocacy; regional integration;strategic planning; corporate governance; institutional development, and project management. |
Contact Emilia Siwingwa
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Area of Expertise: |
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Director, CEO, COP, President
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Government, Governance, Reforms
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Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice
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Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Corporate Social Responsibility
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Professional Experience: |
I. Employment
1. Aug 2012 - PRESENT Programmmes Director, SADC Lawyers' Association Pretoria, South Africa
2. June 2009 - 2012 Chief Executive Officer/Secretary, Tanganyika Law Sociey Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
3. Sept 2008 - May 2009 Head of Projects, Tanganyika Law Society Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Overseeing 8 regional chapters)
4. Aug 2007 - Sept 2008 Team Leader (Human Resources), Mennonite Economic Development Associates Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
5. Jan 2006 - July 2007 Coordinator, Mennonite Economic Development Associates Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Overseeing: Lake Zone and Southern Corridor)
6. Aug 2005 - Jan 2006 Regional Manager, Mennonite Economic Development Associates Mara Region, Tanzania
7. Aug 2004 - Aug 2005 United Nations Volunteer, NABUUR Online
8. Aug 2004 - Aug 2005 Volunteer Lawyer, Coptic Orphans Virginia, USA
II. Consultancies
MABIBO Company Limited, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Consultancy to Restructure the Business Operations (JUNE-JULY 2012)
Tanzania Women Lawyers Association (TAWLA), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Team Leader – Study on African Constitutions, Ghana (JUNE-JULY 2012) - Led a team of four to conduct interviews and focused-group meetings with various stakeholders including the Attorney General and Minister for Justice and the Secretary of the Ghanaian Constitution Review Commission on the constitutional review process in Ghana; - Supervised the drafting and editing of the Ghana Report.
III. Publications
2012 Domestication Versus Non-Cooperation: The African Union Dilemma on the Domestication of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Paper appeared in a joint publication between the International Commission of Jurists – Kenya Section (ICK – Kenya) and the Children Education Society (CHESO).
2012 Mission Report: The Ghanaian Constitutional Review Process. Commissioned report by the Tanzanian Women Lawyers’ Association (TAWLA).
2011 Institutionalization of Democratic Governance in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities, Way Forward – Experiences with Constitutional Reforms in Africa, a Look at Tanzania. Published in the Tanzania Lawyer, Journal of the Tanganyika Law Society.
2009 Mission Report: The Federo Question of Buganda – Kituo Cha Katiba Fact-Finding Mission
2008 Institutionalization of Democratic Governance in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities, Way Forward – Experiences with Constitutional Reforms in Africa, a Look at Tanzania. Collaborated authorship with Charles Rwechungura, Partner – Rex Attorneys, for conference paper read in Nairobi, Kenya.
2007 The Accountability of Multi National Corporations in the Context of Human Rights Abuses. Collaborated authorship with Charles Rwechungura, Partner – Rex Attorneys, for conference paper read at the 2007 Commonwealth Law Conference in Nairobi, Kenya.
2006 Legal and Human Rights Center’s “Tanzania Human Rights Report, 2006”. Quoted and cited at page 117.
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Education: |
2001-2003 Juris Doctor, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan • International Law Concentration: International Law (Certificate of Merit), Law of the Sea (Certificate of Merit), • Foreign Study Cluster (2003): International Environmental Law (University of Barcelona), International Negotiations (University of Barcelona), International Arbitration (Oxford University), International Litigation (Oxford University)
1997-2001 Bachelor of Science, Howard University, Washington DC • Major- Biology
SHORT COURSES / TRAINING MARCH 2004 M&A Transactions Certificate, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
I. Government Appointments
Government Appointments
Ministerial Appointment (Ministry of Constitutional and Legal Affairs): Board Member – Law School of Tanzania (April 2011 thru to March 2014) under The Law School of Tanzania Act, 2007.
Ministerial Appointment (Ministry of Home Affairs): Committee Member – Human Anti-Trafficking Committee under The Human Anti Trafficking Act, 2008.
II. Memberships and Affiliations
Tanganyika Law Society – Practising Member
East Africa Law Society – Member
Pan African Lawyers Union - Member
SADC Lawyers Association - Member
Vision East Africa (Tanzania Chapter) – Member
Human Resources Society of Tanzania - Member
South African Business Forum – Member
YES! Tanzania - Member
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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