This program is focused on meaningful participation of women in governance and development processes and enhancing the skills of women in government and leaders of women community-based organizations to engage effectively in local governance.

Bayi Academy
The IPG has launched the Bayi Academy that has its moorings in its Bayi Exemplary Women Leadership in Politics and Governance Award or the Bayi Awards that ran from 2005-2011. The Bayi Academy is a leadership program to mentor women who aspire to rise from the ranks and level-up the standards in politics and governance. Under this Program, the IPG is also implementing capacity-building on gender sensitive and legislative agenda building for women’s rights and welfare for women local government officials and community women across the country through its Bayi Network for Women’s Rights and Welfare; Gender and Development (GAD)-Just Budget initiatives that sees to the trainings for women engaged in GAD planning and budget processes for better access to services as well as linking women with allies inside local governments to ensure meaningful GAD projects; and, legislative/policy and advisory services for the localization of national women’s rights mandates such as the Safe Spaces Act, Amendments to the Solo Parent Act, Mental Health Law, and women and migration-related services.

Women Power Hub (WomenPH)
To further enrich IPG’s gender transformative advocacy, the Bayi Academy recently transformed to Women Power Hub (WomenPH). WomenPH, composed of women policymakers from various LGUs and women lawmakers on the national level to exchange insights in localizing national laws that uphold gender equality and inclusion, and to draw lessons from the local gender-responsive innovations that can inspire national legislations.