WIEConf 2026
A national conversation on women, work, and economic development — where employers, policymakers, professionals, and spouses build the future of work together.
by WomanIncluded Eco-Dev Foundation
- 1 Day
- Of high-impact convening
- 600
- 600 stakeholders
- Free
- Limited waitlist spaces
Join professionals from across the Niger Delta & Nigeria
Convening partners across
What is the WIEConf?
"When women step back from the workforce, families, organisations and the economy all carry the cost."
A full-day convening designed to turn that cost into shared, practical solutions.
Across Nigeria, women are exiting the workforce and stepping back from economic participation. This is not because they lack ability or ambition, but because the structures around them, rigid workplaces, weak policy support, and unsupported home environments, were not designed for their full reality.
The WIEConf 2026 brings women professionals, employers and workplace leaders, policymakers and government stakeholders, and spouses into one room to examine these realities honestly and explore practical, collaborative ways forward.
For employers
Talent, productivity, and workplaces that retain your best people.
For policymakers
Direct engagement with the evidence and the people most affected.
For spouses
What shared responsibility looks like, and what it makes possible.
This conference is for
Women navigating career and family
Employers, business owners, workplace leaders
Policymakers and government officials
HR and people operations professionals
Husbands and spouses showing up better
Development, NGO and social impact teams
Young professionals, students, emerging leaders
Believers in shared economic responsibility
We are gathering the people who shape work, home and policy, and the people who live them every day.
What happens on the day
Six anchor moments designed to inform, challenge, and equip every person in the room.
Keynote sessions
Leading voices on work, family, and economic participation.
Panel conversations
Honest exchanges between policymakers, employers, employees, business leaders, development practitioners, and other stakeholders shaping the future of work and home.
The BOTH Book
Available at the event. A book on work, home and the cost of forcing a choice —for workplaces, business leaders, policymakers and families.
Networking
Build community with professionals across the Niger Delta and beyond.
A perspective shift
Leave thinking differently about work, home, and what is possible.
Meet our speakers
Speaker announcements coming soon. Watch this space for a powerful line-up of voices on work, family, policy, and the future of women in the Nigerian economy.
Get speaker updatesSecure your spot at WIEConf 2026
Attendance is free. Spaces are limited. Fill in your details and you'll be added to our waitlist and notified of every event update.
- Priority access when registration opens
- WhatsApp updates, speaker reveals & programme drops
- Invitations to pre-event briefings and partner sessions