ACEN DORCUS Biography

Dorcus Acen Dorcus Acen also known as Dorcas Acen is a Ugandan politician and Alebtong District Women's Representative in the eleventh Parliament of Uganda.1She stood as the Alebtong District Women's Representative in the tenth Parliament of Uganda as an independent politician however she lost to Christine Acen attached to the National Resistance Movement. Christine Acen was the elected woman MP for Alebtong in the 2016. Christine completed Senior Six and started running her business.

In the 2021 elections, Dorcus Acen is affiliated to the National Resistance Movement as a ruling political party. During her campaigning period, she donated two ambulances to her home district to help with managing referral cases in the district and boost its rapid response to COVID-19 pandemic.4 She also donated posho and beans to the vulnerable people in the district whose means of livelihood have been affected by the extended lockdown and other presidential measures aimed at managing COVID-19, countrywide.4 In the 2021 Uganda general elections, Acen was elected as the women representative for Alebtong District5In the eleventh parliament, she serves on the Committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development.

Career She worked at GBV Prevention Network as the focal person for Sexual violence and VAW in emergencies.8 In 2018, she worked as the Gender and Protection Adviser at CARE International in South Sudan, where she is responsible for the overall direction of the Gender and Protection programme portfolio.