Dr. Margareth Nangacovie is a researcher and law professor at the Catholic University, Luanda, Angola, where she teaches Constitutional Law and Property Rights Law. Her thesis was on public policies and the right to housing in Angola. Her current research interests include human rights and gender, and she has been involved in research projects in the fields of human rights, gender, judiciary, migration, poverty and informal economy. She has also been the coordinator of a research group in a study about women’s integration in the productive process in Angola, at the Center of Research and Studies of the Catholic University. She is a member of the Lawyers’ Association and a founding member of the Observatório de Políticas Públicas na Perspectiva de Género (ASSOGE – Gender Policies Observatory Association in Angola), which provides legal assistance to informal vendors, domestic workers, and women victims of violence. She also has a background in communications and is an experienced journalist with over 10 years’ experience at Radio Eclesia, the Catholic Radio station of Angola. She holds a master’s in juridical sciences from the Federal University of Paraiba in Brazil, with specialisation in human rights, and a post-graduate degree in education. [email protected]
