Leva Rouhani

Ph D Candidate, University of Ottawa

Women's empowerment, Gender and Development, Women's Mobilization, Benin, Africa, Local women's groups addressing gender-based violence, Gender equality,

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Biography

Leva Rouhani is a doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. Her research focuses on the role of local women’s associations in addressing gender-based violence in Benin West Africa, particularly the relationship between the activities of local women’s associations, the empowerment of women, and social norm change against gender-based violence.

Expertise

  • Gender
  • Women's empowerment
  • Gender education and development
  • Mobilization
  • Benin
  • Africa
  • Local women's groups addressing gender-based violence
  • Development
  • Gender equality
  • Gender equity

Languages spoken: English, French, Farsi

Located in Ottawa, Ontario

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