Biography:

Eunice Bawafaa, RN, MSTTI, MScN

As a health care professional (RN) who has worked in a materially under-resourced country in Sub-Saharan Africa for several years, Eunice brings a passion for women’s health research. Specifically, she has worked as a counsellor for pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS and their partners which has peaked her interest in issues of nurse/patient empowerment in relation to achieving quality nursing care.  Eunice is passionate about nursing care that seeks to sustain social justice activism in health education and healthcare provision. She is interested in advancing the need for more emphasis on restructuring the nursing education system to include respectful care for marginalized women and to enhance research related to women’s health.