Miguel Musngi

Miguel Musngi is the Head of the Poverty Eradication and General Division, ASEAN. As part of the Poverty Eradication and Gender Division (PEGD) of the ASEAN Secretariat, Mr. Musngi and the team support ASEAN's cooperation on rural development, and poverty eradication, gender equality, and women's empowerment, among others. Mr. Musngi provided policy and program support that contributed to the development of the report entitles "Addressing Unpaid Car Work in ASEAN" that was published in the 2021, the development of the ASEAN committee on women (ACW) Work Plan 2021 – 2025 which articulates ASEAN's agenda on addressing unpaid care and domestic work, and the overall work of the ACW on promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in ASEAN. 

For over 10 years, Mr. Musngi has worked with small farmers, rural women, indigenous peoples, and fisherfolk in the Philippines to reform agricultural policies and strengthen rural democratic institutions. Before joining the ASEAN secretariat, Mr. Musngi was part of the legal team supporting indigenous peoples in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

 Mr. Musngi holds a Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration and a Master's Degree in Public Administration and Public Policy, both of which he earned from the National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) at the University of the Philippines, Diliman. He earned a Juris Doctor from the College of Law at the same University.