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The rooms where government, academia and communities actually meet.

Roundtables, conferences and working groups, convened so that people who rarely speak to one another can do so honestly, and often for the first time.

5 Nov 2026
Launch & first conference
30.09.2026
Journal submissions close
Keffi
Nasarawa State
50–80
Guests at launch
Free
To attend, unless stated

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IPGA Launch & Center of Gender Studies (NSUK)

The Institute's formal launch, combined with the first International Gender Conference. An opening for partners, government, academia and civil society to meet the Institute, its Board, and the research programme for the years ahead.

Programme, speakers and the exact date will be published here as soon as they are confirmed. Register your interest and we will write to you first.

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When

5 November 2026

Confirmed

Where

Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Format

Half-day, in person

Diary

Key dates

30 September 2026
Journal submissions close

Volume 1, Number 1: Gender, Governance, and the Politics of Inclusion in Contemporary Nigeria.

Submission guidelines
Confirmed
September 2026
Journal Volume 1, Number 1 publishes

The inaugural issue of the Institute's peer-reviewed journal.

About the journal
Date to be confirmed
5 November 2026
IPGA Launch & Center of Gender Studies (NSUK)

Keffi, Nasarawa State. Programme to be confirmed.

Event details
Confirmed

What we convene

Five formats, each with a different job.

Policy roundtables

Small, closed sessions bringing a ministry, researchers and affected communities around one table on one question.

Conferences

Larger public convenings, including the IPGA Conference, where findings are presented and contested openly.

Working groups

Standing groups on priority policy areas that meet over months rather than once, because implementation takes time.

Virtual dialogue series

Online sessions that reach participants across Nigeria and the region without the cost of travel.

Training cohorts

Structured programmes for public servants, civil society actors and students.

Previously

Programmes our founding team has convened.

The Institute was incorporated in 2026. These sessions were convened by our founding team, and shape how we design programmes now.

Participants working together at a flipchart during a training session.
Specialised institutional training · Nasarawa State, 2025
Participants standing with raised hands during an interactive session.
Interactive session · Nasarawa State, 2025
A facilitator addressing colleagues seated around a boardroom table.
Working roundtable · Nasarawa State, 2025
Delegates and uniformed agency officials seated in an auditorium.
Agency delegates in attendance · Nasarawa State, 2025
Participants gathering outdoors between programme sessions.
Between sessions · Nasarawa State, 2025
A facilitator leading a small-group session with participants at desks.
Small-group session · Nasarawa State, 2025

Convene with us

Bring us a question worth getting a room together for.

We co-convene roundtables and working groups with ministries, agencies, universities and development partners. If you need the right people around one table, we can help design and host it.

Start a conversationSee our programmes