EvidenceCo-Creation
Why we chose crime and violence as our first focus area
The evidence gap is large, the problem is specific and solvable, and co-created tools can change daily decisions.
May 2026 · Abiola Oyebanjo
From the 1864 Institute
The evidence gap is large, the problem is specific and solvable, and co-created tools can change daily decisions.
May 2026 · Abiola Oyebanjo
Simple tech built with frontline workers outperforms complex software built for them. Every time.
May 2026 · Abiola Oyebanjo
The evidence is being collected. It just never travels from the logbook to the commander making decisions.
May 2026 · Abiola Oyebanjo
Simple additions to existing data systems surface disparities that were always there but never visible.
April 2026 · Abiola Oyebanjo
Good evidence gathers dust when it is not co-created with the people who need to act on it.
April 2026 · Abiola Oyebanjo
From around the field
Deadly attacks, intercommunal violence, and airstrikes that killed civilians. with minimal transparency or accountability from security forces. Better data systems inside security institutions are part of the answer.
Feb 2026 · Human Rights Watch
Many crimes never reach police stations due to distance, distrust, or belief that reporting accomplishes nothing. The evidence problem starts with how data is collected. or not collected. at the frontline.
Feb 2026 · Guardian Nigeria
A signal that gender-based violence data and enforcement gaps are getting policy attention. Better institutional data systems are critical to translating legal frameworks into real protection.
2025 · Human Rights Watch
UN Women data confirms Nigeria's gender representation gap in government. Addressing it starts with institutions being able to see and measure the gap, which requires better disaggregated data systems.
2024 · UN Women Data Hub
Relevant publications
Examines how weak institutional data systems and accountability gaps allow organised crime and conflict to persist in Nigeria, and the implications for policing reform.
2025 · Taylor & Francis (African Affairs)
Semi-structured interviews with 27 civil servants identify education deficits, religion, and civil service structures as primary drivers of women's exclusion from the Nigerian public sector.
2025 · SAGE Journals
Over 87% of Nigerian women work in informal jobs. Structural obstacles embedded in socio-cultural practices and institutional discrimination limit workforce participation and economic productivity.
March 2026 · American Journal of Social and Humanitarian Research
Comprehensive analysis of gender inequality across Nigerian institutions. Finds stark North-South disparities and persistent gaps in data availability for gender monitoring across sectors.
Sept 2024 · USAID / Banyan Global