Dorcas Kwarteng is a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work and a Masters in Population Studies from the University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. Her primary research interests focus on women's sexual and reproductive health, family violence, and relationship dynamics in marriage. Dorcas works as a caseworker at the Salvation Army-Sonrise Family Shelter and is currently a graduate research assistant for the Ubuntu-Pamoja Study.