For more than two decades, she has been at the forefront of social policies and reforms in Nigeria working with government, civil society, and international development partners.

Baruwa is renowned for her advocacy on the inclusion of women in strategic political, social and economic positions in Nigeria.

[2] From 2000 to 2015, she was a program officer at the defunct National Poverty Eradication Programme, gender advisor at the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs, and as a technical assistant on research, policy and planning in the Ministry of Communication Technology.

That same year, she joined the US Agency for International Development (USAID) / Nigeria as the Civil Society and Media Specialist in their Peace & Democratic Governance Office.

[7] She has been recognized for her work with Nigerian Women's Trust Fund by The Guardian, She Leads Africa, and other publications.