Margaret Rugadya

Dr Margaret A. Rugadya is a renowned land and natural resource economist with over 25 years of continuous work experience with resource-dependent communities. Previously, she was Africa Program Director at Landesa and Program Officer - Natural Resources and Communities at Ford Foundation, Eastern Africa. Her recognized contributions to land policy, resource governance, and gender equity across Africa make her a trusted expert in her field. Her area of focus is the reform of policy, law, and practices to advance rights and benefits for groups with fragile property rights on land and natural resources.

Rugadya is a passionate advocate for the property rights of women and communities, including forest dwellers, indigenous persons, and pastoralists.

Whereas we facilitate communities to claim their land and territories formally, their actions and lifestyles confirmed their claims since time immemorial, continuing their contribution to humanity without sufficient recognition and payment for this service.

Working on it!

working with communities and speaking from their perspectives. I am a part of them