IPBF
Founded in 2011, Initiative Pananetugri pour le Bien-être de la Femme (IPBF) (Pananetugri Initiative for Women’s Well-Being) is a feminist organization working to promote the rights, transformative leadership, and full empowerment of girls and women in Francophone West Africa. The organization operates in nine countries of the sub-region: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.
Its interventions are structured around several strategic areas:
• Development of transformative leadership, through the establishment of leadership clubs in secondary schools, training centers, and partner associations;
• Creation of an enabling environment for the promotion of the well-being of girls and women, by influencing policies and
practices to advance the promotion, respect, and protection of their rights; by conducting awareness-raising and social communication efforts to deconstruct gender stereotypes and transform harmful social norms; and by supporting research and documentation on the realities and needs of girls and women in the region. IPBF also engages in evidence-based advocacy targeting public authorities, community, religious and traditional leaders, as well as technical and financial partners;
• Strengthening of organizational and institutional capacities of IPBF and its partners, with a focus on women and girls, and on women- and girl-led associations, to ensure increased participation in public life and development processes.
benchmarked against the CHS
IPBF was benchmarked against the CHS for its humanitarian, development and advocacy mandates in 2025.
