Jackline W. Nafuna is social sector development professional, with a 10-year hands-on experience in government and NGO sector work. Jackline is a finalist of Master of Arts Degree in Development Studies from Uganda Martyrs University Nkozi. She holds a First Class Post Graduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management from Uganda Management Institute and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Sciences of Makerere University.
She also undertook a one-year transformational leadership training and mentorship program (2018-2019) by Capacity Building Leadership Institute based in Tanzania. In addition to these, she has attained professional certificates in the following courses: Administrative Law by Law Development Centre, Public Administration and Management, HIV/AIDS Counseling and Computer Applications.
On job capacity building skills attained include; Resource Mobilization, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), Child Protection, Skillful Parenting, Gender and Peace Building, Gender Responsive Pedagogy, Organizational Development, Report Writing, Accountability, Conflict Management, Communication and Monitoring and Evaluation.
Jackline currently works with Forum for African Women Educationalists-Uganda Chapter since 2014 where she started as Program Assistant to current position as Program Officer. While at FAWE Uganda, Jackline has directly implemented more than 05 projects and these are in areas of Education Scholarships, Gender and Peace Building in Schools, Promoting Girls Rights to Education, Participation and Equality, Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, Child Protection and Advocacy. Before joining the NGO sector, Jackline worked as Deputy Academic Registrar and Administrative Assistant at Uganda Technical College Elgon for 4 years.