Turyatunga Rebecca Juna

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Turyatunga Rebecca Juna (Becky Juna)

Youth Team Leader Women Situation Room

United States of America (USA)

Turyatunga Rebecca commonly known as Becky Juna , is a 25 year old female Ugandan, a human and youth activist , a feminist that strongly advocates for equal representation of young women in the peace and security processes and all decision making spheres.
Currently working as the Youth Team Leader Women Situation Room for one and half leaders , she advocates for peace before, during and after elections in Africa while using the youth peer to peer process. She works together with the youth that are often regarded as outcasts and trouble makers like gang members , she organizes and sensitizes the youth on the impacts of violence on their lives and society and how better they can contribute to peace while identifying their needs and drawing strategies to address these needs like advocating and lobbying the policies makers to cater for the youth affairs . This has helped in cubing down violence in 15 districts in Uganda in the February 2016 elections and in Ghana in the December 2016 elections .
She has been on the U.S Department of state’s international visitors leadership programme titled women leaders peace and security , has addressed some heads of embassies, European Union and African Union observer missions and United Nations dignitaries on issues to deal with inclusion of youth in the peace process.
She has worked as the Youth Programme Manager at the Centre for Governance, Peace and Security and also a Volunteer at Forum for Women In Democracy