Assoc. Prof. Jolly Mornie Rubagiza

Academic rank:

Associate Professor

Academic Leadership Position:

Director, Centre for Gender Studies

Email:

j.rubagiza@ur.ac.rw/ jo.rubagiza@gmail.com

Telephone:

+250 788405717

Twitter:

@rubagiza

College:

College of Arts and Social Sciences(CASS)

School/centre:

Center for Gender Studies

Published Papers :

• Rubagiza, J., Umutoni, J., Iyakaremye, I. (Forthcoming) Gender related intricacies that influence female students’ participation at Higher Education in Rwanda. International Journal of African Higher Education

• Innocente Uwineza, Rubagiza, J., Theoneste Hakizimana, Jean Uwamahoro. (2018) Gender attitudes and perceptions towards mathematics performance and enrolment in Rwandan secondary schools. Rwandan Journal of Education –Volume 4 –No 2 (2018)

• Rubagiza, J., Umutoni, J., and Kaleeba, A. (2016) Teachers as Agents of Change: Promoting Peacebuilding and Social Cohesion in Schools in Rwanda. Johannesburg, UNISA- University of South Africa. Education as Change Vol (20). No. 3, pp. 202-224.

• Muriisa, R.K., Rubagiza, J., and Rwabyoma, A. S. (2016) Gender and HIV/AIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa: Rethinking Men and HIV/AIDS Mitigation Uganda and Rwanda. Rwanda Journal Series B: Social Sciences. Vol (3), pp. 101-122.

• Uworabayeho, A., Rubagiza, J., Olivero, F., and Sutherland, R. (2013) Participatory professional development: ICT and mathematics education in Rwanda, in L. Tikly and A. Barrett (eds) Education Quality and Social Justice in the Global South. Challenges for policy, practice and research. London and New York, Routledge, pp 181-195.

• Aikman, S., Halai, A., and Rubagiza, J. (2011) Conceptualising gender equality in research on education quality, Comparative Education. Special Issue (41). 47 (1), pp.45-60.

• Rubagiza, J., Were, E. and Sutherland, R. (2011) Introducing ICT into schools in Rwanda: Educational challenges and opportunities. International Journal of Educational Development. 31 (1), pp.37-43.

• Uworwabayeho, A., Rubagiza, J. and Sutherland, R. (2009) ICT and education in Rwanda Case study; a case study in ICT4D Information Communication Technology for Development (2009), Cambridge University Press

• Rutayisire, J., Kabano, J. and Rubagiza, J. (2004) Redefining Rwanda’s Future: The Role of Curriculum in Social Reconstruction; Chapter in Education, conflict and social cohesion, UNESCO/IBE"

*https://doi.org/10.37284/ijar.8.1.3498
*https://doi.org/10.1136/ bmjopen-2023-078610)
*https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resglo.2024.100230
*https://doi.org/10.6017/ijahe.v 9i2.15377
*https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-49167-2_4
*https://doi.org/10.17159/1947-9417/2016/1533
*https://www.jstor.org/stable/25800033
*http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.004

Brief profile:

Jolly Mornie Rubagiza is Associate Professor and the Director of the Centre for Gender Studies at the College of Arts and Social Sciences, the University of Rwanda (UR). She has a long career as an academic and researcher in Rwanda; during which time she has taught, supervised and mentored many students and won various research grants. She has also published a number of scholarly articles and developed teaching, learning and training materials on various topics including Gender, Education and Development, Peace Building and Social Cohesion, ICT in Education, Positive Masculinity and others. Jolly is also an active member of several women’s organizations in Rwanda and is currently the Chairperson of the Forum for African Women Educationalist (FAWE) Rwanda Chapter. Previously she served as the Deputy Director General of Rwanda Management Institute (RMI), which is a training, research and capacity building institution for public and private sector employees in Rwanda.

Research Area:

Gender, Education and Development. Research ID number (ORCID): https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6632-4559