Doris M. Kakuru is affiliated with the University of Victoria as a Professor at the School of Child and Youth Care. She holds a Ph.D. in social sciences (Wageningen University), an M.Phil. in Social Anthropology (University of Bergen), and a B.A. in Sociology (Makerere University). Doris M. Kakuru’s interdisciplinary scholarship is located at the intersection of childhood sociology and feminist thought. She works on various themes in the broad area of children's geographies and their bearing on social justice and child protection. Her research interests include violence in childhood, girlhood and gendered children’s rights, adolescent sexual health, children and youth in urban poverty, the social context of education, child labour, and young motherhood.