Ophelia Kemigisha

Ophelia Kemigisha

Sexual Rights Litigation Network Manager

Ophelia Kemigisha is a feminist activist, human rights lawyer, and writer. She is currently the Sexual Rights Litigation Network (SXLN) manager at the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA), a feminist, Pan African organisation that uses the rule of law and African domestic and regional courts to advance women’s human rights and sexual rights. Currently, the SXLN is focused on developing a network of organisations across Africa that can mobilise social movements and lawyers to institutionalise practices and build their capacity to lead strategic litigation that holds states accountable for human rights violations against LGBTI+ persons. Ophelia lives in Kampala, Uganda