A founding member (1995) of FEMRITE, the Uganda Women Writers Association,[1] Wangusa first achieved broader recognition in literary circles for her novel Memoirs of a Mother[2] (1998).
[8] From October 2004 to March 2006, Wangusa served as Project Officer Development and Implementation, Open Knowledge Network, with the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) in Tanzania.
[9] From 2009 to 2011, Wangusa served as Coordinator of the Gender and Women's Rights Workshop of the Commonwealth Peoples' Forum, Perth, Australia, and Commonwealth Civil Society Advisory Committee Member (CSAC), representing the East African region.
In September–October 2003, Wangusa participated in the Cheltenham Literature Festival in the UK as part of the Across Continents Project.
In June 2002, she served as deputy Chief Rapporteur for the 8th International Inter-disciplinary Congress on Women in Kampala, Uganda.