Before joining RDI, Deborah Espinosa worked for five years litigating environmental and natural resource disputes on behalf of public and private clients. At RDI, Espinosa’s current work focuses on Burundi and Rwanda, where she is assisting the Rwandan Ministry of Lands and Environment to draft laws and regulations needed to implement Rwanda’s new land law, including gender specific recommendations to secure women’s property rights. Espinosa is a land law and policy specialist and her expertise includes land tenure policy, legal, and regulatory reform; farm reorganization; land use planning; land registration and other land administration functions; public lands management; and land-related gender issues.

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deborahe@rdiland.org