Lais Rocha Leao

EDD participation year: 2018
Country: Brazil

Lais is a graduate in Architecture and Urban Planning. She currently leads teams of volunteers for data research in favelas to urge governments to take actions, mapping for the communities' analysis; she has been frequently in contact with institutions and local city councils to produce city plannings and housing deficit data. She previously conducted researches on gender equality in appropriation of urban spaces, related public policies and social conflict. She is also an active member of local movements for political renovation and for the empowerment of women’s voice in the political context.