In communities across Nigeria, women and adolescent girls still live under the weight of systemic barriers. These barriers are woven from poverty, gender-based violence, cultural norms, inadequate healthcare, climate vulnerability, digital exclusion, and economic disempowerment. The quest of Inclusive Development for Women Foundation (IDWF) began as one woman’s deeply personal mission to dismantle these systemic barriers, not just for herself, but for generations to come.Born from lived experiences of loss and resilience, IDWF is a youth- and women-led movement that is unapologetically committed to creating a Nigeria where women and adolescent girls are healthy, educated, economically empowered, safe, climate-resilient, and digitally included.
Through strategic and innovative programs, targeted advocacy, and evidence-based interventions, we work across nine (9) thematic areas: Health and Wellbeing, Education, Economic Empowerment, Gender-Based Violence, AI and Digital Divide, Climate Change, Agriculture, Political Participation and Peace and Security. Our approach is intersectional, rights-based, and community-driven, rooted in the belief that when women thrive, entire societies rise. IDWF is not just an organisation. It is a mission and movement in motion. A mission and movement that has already touched and transformed the lives of women, adolescent girls, and youths across the 36 states of the Nigerian federation through evidence-based and multi-sectoral programming, capacity building and mentorship initiatives, rights-based advocacy and policy engagement, and community-led projects. We are on this quest with urgency because every day without change means another life cut short, another girl’s future stolen. And so, we invite partners, donors, and stakeholders to join us, not as spectators, but as allies in building a future where inclusion is not an aspiration but a lived reality for women and girls in Nigeria.
“I was about to drop out because my parents couldn’t afford my school fees. IDWF stepped in, paid for my tuition, and gave me books. Now I can dream again of becoming a medical doctor.”