About the Institute
A bridge between the evidence and the people with power to act on it.
IPGA is a private, not-for-profit institute registered in Keffi, Nasarawa State, dedicated to advancing evidence-based public policy and gender equity in Nigeria.
Who we are
Not another voice adding to the noise.
IPGA was founded on a simple conviction: that good policy and gender equity are not competing priorities, but the same goal seen from two angles: inclusive policy is simply better policy, and better policy must be inclusive.
Rather than positioning itself as another voice adding to the noise, IPGA aims to be a working bridge between researchers, policymakers, and the communities their decisions affect, translating evidence into guidance that a civil servant can actually use, and translating community realities into evidence a policymaker cannot ignore.
Our mission
To advance evidence-based public policy and gender equity through rigorous research, capacity building, advocacy, and strategic partnerships, so that the decisions shaping Nigerian lives are made with the facts, and with everyone, in view.
IPGA’s mandate is to research what is actually happening on the ground, to build the capacity of those who make and implement policy, to advocate directly to decision-makers for evidence-based change, and to convene the honest conversations between government, researchers, and communities that too rarely happen. It is deliberately practical: not simply to critique from the outside, but to do the harder work of building workable alternatives from the inside.
The gap we exist to close
Three groups each hold one piece. They rarely meet.
Nigeria does not lack gender scholarship, and it does not lack policy ambition on paper. What it lacks is the connective tissue between the two.
Carries the mandate to act: the budget lines and legislative instruments to act with.
Often lacks the time, or the evidence base, to act well.
Carry the evidence: decades of rigorous gender scholarship and field data.
Rarely carry the access, or the mandate, to see it applied.
Carries the community insight: what policy actually does once it reaches people.
Often lacks the technical standing policymakers expect.
IPGA is built to sit deliberately in that space, bringing together what each of these actors holds separately.
What we hold to
Our Values
Integrity
In research, reporting, and the stewardship of every resource entrusted to us.
Inclusion
Centring the voices of men, women, boys, girls, and marginalised communities in everything we do.
Evidence
Grounding every recommendation in sound data and analysis, not assumption.
Excellence
Holding our own work to the same rigorous standard we ask of others.
Partnership
Recognising that lasting change is built together, not alone.
What we are working towards
Strategic Objectives
- Establish IPGA as a credible, independent voice in gender-responsive public policy research in Nigeria
- Build the capacity of public servants, civil society actors, and students in policy analysis and gender mainstreaming
- Generate and disseminate evidence to inform legislation, budgeting, and programme design at federal and state level
- Cultivate strategic partnerships with government, academia, development partners, and the private sector
- Achieve financial sustainability through diversified, ethically sourced funding
Leadership
From the Executive Director
Real, lasting change in public policy is rarely made of single dramatic victories; it is made of many small decisions going right instead of wrong, sustained over years rather than months.
We do not measure success only in headline moments, but in the accumulation of smaller, durable changes: a state ministry adjusting a budget line because of evidence we provided; a cohort of civil servants who carry what they learned in our training rooms into their daily decisions long after the workshop ends; a policy reform that keeps one more girl in school.
Governance
Board of Directors
The Board is constituted and meets under the Institute’s Board Charter.
Accountability
Everything a funder needs, before they have to ask.
Our registration, governance instruments and board are public by default.
| Instrument | Detail | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CAC incorporation | RC 9652135 | Complete |
| Registered office | Keffi, Nasarawa State | Complete |
| Board of Directors | Ten members, constituted | Complete |
| Governance policy suite | Board Charter, HR, Financial, Procurement, Safeguarding, Gender & Inclusion | Board adoption |
| External audit | Engaged annually | Appointment |
| Technical Advisory Committee | Academia, government and civil society | Forming |
Governance documents are available on request to prospective partners and funders.
Networks we work within
Relationships held by the Institute’s founding team, through which IPGA collaborates on research, facilitation and convening.