Tanzania LAWA Fellow 1995-1996 L.L.B. Hons, University of Dar es Salaam M.B.A., University of Newcastle L.L.M., Georgetown University Law Center Justice Regina Mutembei Rweyemamu High Court of Tanzania P.O. Box 1492 , MWANZA Work Phone: 011 0255 28 2500207

Profile:

Justice Rweyemamu currently serves as Labour Commissioner for the United Republic of Tanzania Ministry of Labour, Youth Development and Sports and is an active member of the Judiciary in the High Court of Tanzania.

LAWA Experience:

Justice Rweyemamu wrote her graduate thesis on “Judicial Activism and Justice for Women in Tanzania: The Challenge Ahead.” For her fellowship internshipJustice Rweyemamu was placed with the Federal Judicial Center as a Foreign Judicial Fellow. She also interned with the International Association of Women Judges, designing training programs for African judges regarding issues affecting women. Justice Rweyemamu developed a Draft Proposal for an East African Judicial Education Workshop entitled, “Developing the Jurisprudence of Equality.”

In the course of her work placement, she spent two weeks in Nova Scotia with two judges from each of the commonwealth countries, increasing her exposure to judicial issues.

Other Work Experience:

Prior to LAWA, Justice Rweyemamu was a member of the Association of Women Lawyers in Tanzania and the High Court District Registrar of Mwanza Zone. She was an Honorable Magistrate from 1985-1995, and was promoted to highest level of Magistrate (Principal I) in 1992.

Following the LAWA fellowship, Justice Rweyemamu returned to Tanzania in 1997 to become a member of the judiciary.

Publications:

“Strategic Litigation as One of the Avenues to Bring About Gender Equality & Equity in Resource Allocation,” presented to the Tanzania Gender Networking Program 2 nd Annual Conference in 1997.

“In Search of Women’s Rights: How to Capture “Living” Customary Law in Tanzania” (March 1997)

“Combating Violence Against Women: International Human Rights or National Strategies” (Oct. 1997)