Policy & Advocacy
Bringing evidence and community voices into decision-making — to strengthen institutions and make systems more inclusive.
Inclusive ARK works to bring evidence and community voices into decision-making — supporting better policy, stronger institutions, and more inclusive systems.
Systems — laws, policies, institutions, and norms — shape the opportunities people have. When those systems exclude people, change is hard. We work to bring evidence and community voices into decision-making so that systems become more inclusive and responsive.
Our Focus
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Evidence-Informed Policy Helping research and evidence inform policy and institutional decisions.
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Community Voice Supporting communities to bring their experience into policy and decision-making.
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Policy Dialogue Creating spaces for informed dialogue between communities, institutions, and decision-makers.
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Institutional Change Supporting institutions to become more inclusive and effective.
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Advocacy & Awareness Raising awareness and supporting advocacy that draws on evidence and voice.
What change looks like.
Better Decisions
Policy and institutional decisions better informed by evidence and community voice.
Greater Participation
More opportunities for communities to shape decisions that affect them.
Stronger Institutions
Institutions better able to respond to the people they serve.
How this work takes shape.
Our work is grounded in evidence and voice. We help communities and partners engage with policy and decision-makers. We support dialogue, evidence-informed policy development, and institutional change. We are not a lobbying organization — our role is to help good evidence and the experience of affected communities reach the people making decisions.
No. We are not a lobbying organization. We work to bring evidence and community voice into decision-making, and to support informed dialogue and institutional change.
We work at the level where change is most needed and most possible — which is often local or national, sometimes regional or international.
We focus on issues connected to our core areas — gender, education, economic opportunity, evidence, leadership, and inclusion.
Explore our other areas of work.
Advance Gender & Inclusion
Creating greater equality, participation, and leadership for women, girls, and marginalized populations.
Expand Economic Opportunity
Opening pathways to livelihoods, entrepreneurship, and economic participation for people who have been excluded.
Expand Education & Learning
Expanding access to quality, inclusive learning — from early years through to skills for work and life.
Change is stronger when we work together.
We welcome opportunities to work with communities, civil society organizations, researchers, institutions, public bodies, funders, and other partners who share our commitment to equality and opportunity.