Beatrice Nabulya

Beatrice speaks on issues associated with Domestic Violence and HIV/AIDS. A survivor of both 'ills' she has become an activist for raising awareness on the issues and opportunities for prevention and survival of these 'social cancers'

Born in Uganda, Beatrice graduated from Makerere University with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Literature and Postgraduate Diploma in Education. She started her career at the Family Planning Association of Uganda where she worked as Area Manager before migrating to the UK in 1990.

Once in the UK she started working at Positively Women (PW) as Client Services Coordinator progressing to several management positions until 2003 when she left to pursue other interests. Whilst at PW Beatrice acted as a voice for HIV positive women and their families promoting self help through enablement.

In her quest to improve the lives and offer hope and guidance for other survivors Beatrice has spoken nationally and internationally on women's issues. Beatrice was involved in the campaign to provide Milk Tokens to asylum seekers and their babies. She is actively involved in the Global Campaign for Microbicides and has spoken at the Microbicide conference in Antwerp, Belgium on the need to invest in Microbicides. She has also addressed Members of European Parliament on national and global issues affecting women and girls. Beatrice currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Terrence Higgins Trust.

A single mother, Beatrice is a proud parent of four children two of whom were born after her diagnosis. Passionate about parenting issues she believes that most ills are born within the family where children are nurtured and socialised first and foremost. Her raison d'etre is 'Self-hood begins at home'. She therefore advocates that for change to happen we need to acknowledge the widening gaps between children and parents/carers and families in general.

Beatrice spends her free time reading, writing and exercising and has taken up swimming to spend more time with her two younger children.