Dr. Dorothy Tukahabwa

Academic rank: 
Lecturer
Email: 
d.tukahabwa@ur.ac.rw/ dorahstia@yahoo.com
Telephone: 
+250780909514
College: 
College of Education(CE)
School/centre: 
School of Education
Department: 
Foundations, Management and Curriculum Studies
Published Papers : 

1. Uzabakiriho,I, Gaparayi,G.,Ndayambaje, I.,Tukahabwa,D.,Mbonyiryivuze,J.(2025) Reimagining educational leadership for gender equity: A gender transformative framework to advance girls in STEM education in nyagatare district. Journal of science innovation and creativity, 4(2),64-76.http://doi.org/10.58721/jsic.v4i2.1233

2. Uzabakiriho,J., Gaparayi, G., Ndayambaje, I., Tukahabwa.,D (2025). The school community perceptions shaping girls participation in STEM education. Empirical  Evidence from Nyagatare District, Journal of Education, Teaching and Curriculum Studies, 3(2), 79-95.https://doi.org/10.58721/rejects.v3i2.1196

3. Tukahabwa Dorothy (2022). Gender and Education. Secondary School influences in the development of girls career in science at university.Lwati. Journal of Contemporary Research. 19(2),68-83.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

4. Jean Pierre Tuyishime & Dorothy Tukahabwa (2022) The role of practical approach in student engagement in biology. A case of lower secondary schools in Rulindo district, Rwanda, East African Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 3(3), 129-139.

5. Dorothy Tukahabwa, Alfred Otara, Robert Sengarama and Ali Kaleeba (2013) Women’s Responsiveness towards Medical Insurance in Rural Rwanda: A Case of Mutuelle de Sante, Insights into Gender Equity, Equality and Power Relations in Sub-Saharan Africa, Prah Mansah (ed.), pp 279-301, OSSREA,  ISBN: 9789970252324.

 

Brief profile: 
Dr. Dorothy Tukahabwa is a Postdoctoral research fellow with the NIHR Global Health Research Group on promoting the mental wellbeing of children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. She is also a Lecturer in the University of Rwanda's Department of Foundations and Curriculum Studies. She completed her PhD in childhood, youth and parenthood studies at Canterbury Christ Church University in the United Kingdom.Her doctoral thesis explored how young women negotiated gendered constructions to pursue careers in science at university. Although the thesis focused on a single qualitative case study it was also multidisciplinary, capturing elements related to education, gender, policies and higher education managerial processes which are all fundamental in her teaching responsibilities and is presently writing on the political economy of children and adolescent mental wellbeing.
Research Area: 
Gender and Education, Children and Adolescent Mental Wellbeing, Health and Social care and Qualitative Research Methods. Research ID number (ORCID): 0000-0002-2355-9320