About

I am an experienced Human Rights Officer and Program Manager with a robust background in international human rights advocacy and project management. With a proven track record in leading initiatives, I specialise in promoting human rights, developing strategic programs, and fostering partnerships to drive impactful change. My expertise includes working with diverse stakeholders, ensuring compliance with international standards, and delivering sustainable solutions in challenging environments.

Skills

  • program management
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  • Human Rights Advocacy
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  • Child Protection and Advocacy Programming
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  • GBV case management /child protection case manag
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  • English and Kiswahili
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Experience

Caleb Katwebaze

Work experience
  • January, 2021 - December, 2024
  • Fulltime
  • Overall: Reviewing and providing direction to road policing and traffic enforcement practice in Kampala City, in consultation with GRSP to design and deliver relevant training workshops, provide on-the-ground coaching and mentoring, and other good practice capacity building activities.
  • Specific: Supporting the Directorate of Traffic and Road Safety, as a duty bearer, to protect the rights of road users by conducting needs assessments, awareness campaigns, road policing staff training, capacity building and mentorship activities
  • Preparing and delivering good practice workshops to all levels of police and traffic enforcement staff on a variety of road policing topics.
  • Supporting GRSP facilitators in training sessions, facilitating sessions in speed enforcement, crash investigations, and practical application of new technology and mentoring of police and traffic enforcement agents through on-site observation and follow-up discussions.
  • Providing written feedback, suggestions, and guidance to road policing and traffic enforcement agencies.
  • Providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Works and Transport, Uganda National Roads Authority to strengthen their institutional capacity to coordinate on traffic and road safety programmes
  • Conducting on-going assessments of road policing and traffic enforcement agencies in order to inform direction and focus of the capacity building programme and of the GRSP team.
  • Liaising with Ministry of Works, Parliamentary Committee on Road Safety, local government and non-government organisations on matters of road policing and traffic enforcement activities.
  • Conducting road safety research and supporting road safety policy formulation and coordinating incident management, post crash care service provider mapping

Caleb Katwebaze

Work experience
  • Designing and developing evidence-based interventions in order to innovatively respond to pressing and potential needs of forcibly displaced persons.
  • Identifying opportunities for inclusion of refugees and IDPs in the national system and supporting the capacity of the relevant government entities in the integration process.
  • Coordinating all aspects of the project cycle with the partners including planning, initiation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, financial and asset management, reporting, documentation, and exit.
  • Developing UNMISS partnerships strategy and working with technical leads to ensure its successful execution
  • Desk officer for the rights of refugees, women, children and persons living with disabilities.
  • Developing and keeping abreast virtuous knowledge of ongoing local development programs, including those of government and non-governmental agencies and institutional cooperation activities, and focal person for GBV, SRHR and VAWG programs
  • Coordinating legal and psycho-social support to survivors of sexual and gender based violence
  • Protection of civilians, Liaison with force protection armies, and humanitarian aid workers to provide an enabling environment for the provision of Aid.
  • Monitor and report on implementation of the peace agreement, and how it impacts women, children, and other vulnerable groups especially refugees and IDPs.

Caleb Katwebaze

Work experience
  • Formulating gender transformative, human rights empowerment programs for vulnerable persons especially refugees, IDPS, women, children and persons living with disabilities.
  • Ensuring high quality and ethical MEL approaches are embedded in all interventions in the context of a project that is fast paced and innovative with continuous cycles of monitoring, evaluating and adaptation.
  • Monitoring partner capacity growth and development in line with capacity building initiatives of the UN.
  • Receiving, investigating cases of sexual and gender based violence, liaising with relevant stakeholders to provide legal and psychosocial to survivors
  • Programming human rights activities for the Human Rights and Protection (HRPS) of UNMIL, managing documentation and learning.
  • Coordinating capacity building programmes for police, military, CSOs, Communities, National Human Rights Commission, Desk officer for the rights of women and children.

Caleb Katwebaze

Education
  • M.A. International Human Rights Law

Caleb Katwebaze

Education
  • M.A,> Sociology

Caleb Katwebaze

Work experience
  • August, 2004 - September, 2009
  • Fulltime
  • Monitoring and evaluating the Commission’s programs on people’s fundamental rights,
  • Ensuring that programmatic interventions are designed and implemented responsively to communities and supporting project implementation, M&E and reporting
  • Building and managing of strategic partnerships with human rights bodies, donors, development partners and major stakeholders
  • Fostering effective performance management, and ensuring that program staff are well informed and meet programme objectives using best practices
  • Managing donor relations, identifying new funding opportunities, establishing partnerships relationships with funders
  • Supporting implementation of the ‘value for money’ approach within program activities in order to strengthen the growth of UHRC’s funding base in line with ethical and sustainable financial practices
  • In charge of the vulnerable persons’ desk (women, children, PWDs), inspecting places of detention and making recommendations to Parliament
  • Preparing budget estimates and work plans, liaising with donors and following up on planned activities, reviewing intervention strategies and suggesting policy amendments

Caleb Katwebaze

Education
  • B.A. SS

Caleb Katwebaze

Work experience
  • In charge of Child development and protection programmes, liaising with international child agencies and National Police Units to deal with child trafficking and ensure protection and promotion of the rights of children
  • Providing strategic and leadership support to knowledge management and capacity building for innovation, building trust, empowering staff and managing performance
  • Providing operational oversight for financial planning, forecasting, and procurement processes. supporting financial evaluations to foster accountability for all operational resources
  • In Charge of Child and Family Protection Unit (CFPU), investigating allegations of domestic violence and child abuse, mediating between the conflicting parties to ensure harmony in families, monitoring the implementation of the terms agreed upon in memoranda of understanding, ensuring timeliness in disposing of cases and ensuring that justice is done.

Related persons

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