Irene Ovonji-Odida (an haifeta a shekara ta 1964) lauya ce 'yar Uganda, 'yar siyasa, kuma mai fafutukar kare hakkin mata . Membace ta Hukumar Gyara Dokokin Uganda, ta taba bada gudummawa ga rubutun kundin tsarin mulkin Uganda na shekara 1995 kuma ta taimaka wajen tsara Ƙungiyar Gabashin Afirka . Tayi aiki da kungiyoyin agaji daban-daban da suka hada da ActionAid sannan ta gudanar da sa ido kan zabe a Uganda da Tanzania. Ta kasance memba a Majalisar Dokokin Gabashin Afirka daga shekara ta 2001 zuwa shekara ta 2006.
An haifi Irene Ovonji a Uganda ga Valerian Ovonji, wanda ya zama sakatare na dindindin na Ma'aikatar Jama'a da Al'amuran Majalisar Ministocin da kuma ministar sabis na gwamnati a karkashin Idi Amin . Mahaifiyarta Helen Ovonji ƙwararriyar malama ce kuma tayi sana'ar ɗinki . A shekara ta 1972, duk da haka, an cire mahaifinta daga mukaminsa na minista saboda nuna rashin amincewa da manufofin gwamnati, kuma acikin shekara ta 1977 ya gudu zuwa Kenya lokacin da ya gano cewa mayakan Amin sun yi niyyar kashe shi. [1] A shekara ta gaba danginsa suka bi shi amatsayin 'yan gudun hijira. Ko da yake daga baya sun iya komawa Uganda a shekara ta 1979 bayan an hambarar da Amin, Irene ta cigaba da zama a Kenya na tsawon shekaru biyar don ta kammala karatunta na sakandare. Ta zauna tare da ’yan uwanta dasu ma suka nemi mafaka a Kenya. [1]
Bayan ta koma Uganda, ta shiga Jami'ar Makerere, inda ta sami digiri na farko a fannin shari'a . Daga bisani ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin shari'a a Jami'ar Howard, Washington DC a Amurka.
Tayi aikin sa kai da Kai tare da yin aiki a kwamitin kula da kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu da kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu tun daga shekara ta 1989, tare da mai da hankali musamman kan wadanda suka shafi hakkin dan adam da cigabansa. Ovonji-Odida tayi aiki amatsayin darektan shari'a na Hukumar Kula da Da'a da Mutunci ta gwamnatin Uganda. Ta zama memba na Hukumar Gyara Dokokin Uganda a shekara ta 1994. Ta kasance jami'ar shari'a a Hukumar Gyaran Shari'a kuma mai bincike a Hukumar Majalisa kungiyoyi biyu da keda alhakin gudanar da rubutun a kundin tsarin mulki na 1995 . [2] [3]
Ovonji-Odida ta halarci yakin shekara ta 1997-98 na kungiyar matan gabashin Afirka karkashin jagorancin Akina uwa ga Afrika don sake duba daftarin kungiyar kasashen gabashin Afirka (EAC) don fadada ikonta daga kungiyar da ke da tushen kasuwanci zalla wanda yahada da ayyukan cigaban kasa da kasa. Tayi aiki ga rundunonin ayyuka na ƙasa da ƙasa da yawa ciki har da na EAC dake mai da hankali kan tarayyar siyasa. Ita membace ta hadin guiwar kungiyar Tarayyar Afirka - Majalisar Dinkin Duniya mai kula da tattalin arzikin Afirka kan kwararan kudaden haram a karkashin jagorancin HE Thabo Mbeki, akan tsohon shugaban Afirka ta Kudu (wanda aka fi sani da Mbeki Panel akan IFFs daga Afirka). Ta kuma kasance memba a Babban Kwamitin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan Lissafin Kudi, Gaskiya da Mutunci (UN FACTI Panel) daga shekarar ta 2020-2021, a babbar birnin kasar. [3]
Hon Ovonji-Odida tayi yakin neman adalci na zamantakewa, akan daidaiton jinsi da hakkin dan adam ciki harda yakin neman zaben Bakin Litinin An zabe ta a matsayin memba a Majalisar Dokokin Gabashin Afirka daga shekara ta 2001 zuwa 2006, inda ta jagoranci shirye-shirye don inganta gaskiya da rikon amana, don rage rikice-rikicen yankin, da kuma ba da kulawa da shawarwari akan kasuwanci. [3] Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai sa ido kan magudanar zabuka na zaben raba gardama na jam'iyyu da yawa na Uganda a shekara ta 2005 kuma a wannan shekarar ta yi aiki tare da kwamitin ActionAid Uganda. Ovonji-Odida ta zauna a hukumar ActionAid ta kasa da kasa a shekara ta 2007 kuma ta yi aiki sau biyu a matsayin shugabar hukumar kasa da kasa tsakanin shekarar ta 2009 zuwa shekara ta 2015. [3] Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai lura da Commonwealth of Nations na ayyuka da yawa ciki har da babban zaben Tanzaniya na shekarar 2010, zaɓen ƙasar Zambia na shekarar 2015 da kuma shekararb 2018 Belize . [2]
Irene Ovonji-Odida a halin yanzu ita ce kwamishina a hukumar mai zaman kanta don sauya fasalin harajin kamfanoni (ICRICT), kuma memba ce ta Cibiyar Kula da Haraji ta Kudu, Kwamitin Ba da Shawarwari na Tax Justice Network Africa da Pan African Lawyers Union Task Force a kan Haramtacciyar Kudade. . Ta kasance mataimakiyar shugabar Majalisar Jami'ar Makerere daga shekara ta 2013 zuwa shekara ta 2018. , shugabar Cibiyar Amintattun Bincike da Babban Jami'in Kungiyar Lauyoyin Mata ta Uganda a daidai wannan lokacin. [3] kuma ta yi aiki a kan wasu al'amuran da dama, gami da Hukumar Ba da Shawarar Siyasa ta Afirka ta DAYA. Irene Ovonji-Odida ta yi shawarwari, horarwa da / ko gudanar da bincike kan batutuwa daban-daban da suka hada da shari'ar haraji ta duniya da tafiyar da kudaden haram, 'yancin mata fiye,da tsarin mulkin Uganda da hadewar gwiwar yankin gabashin Afirka.
Ovonji-Odida ta yi aure kuma ta mahaifi yara biyu.