Perry Aritua

Perry Aritua is a Ugandan lawyer and women’s rights advocate. She is currently the Executive Director of Women's Democracy Network Uganda Chapter (WDN-Uganda), where she advocates for women's engagement in politics and democratic leadership.

Career Aritua is a co-founder of WDN-Uganda when the International Republican Institute's Uganda office closed in 2011. Authorities accused them of observing elections without accreditation, despite their possession of official credentials. International human rights groups condemned the arrest and called for their immediate release.