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 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 and Panelists
A powerful line-up of voices on work, family, policy, and the future of women in the Nigerian economy.
Tosin Adeleye
Founder, Dahrom Limited
Tobore Olumoye
Finance Professional
Ciara Prince
Lawyer & Flexible Work Advocate
Catherine Kadiri
Chairperson, CIPM Rivers State
Emeka Nobis
CEO, Knowledge Money University
Tamunoibuemi Frimabo Life- George
Chairperson FIDA, Rivers State
Weneda Gift Prince-Amahdi
Woman in Port Harcourt
Barr. Abayomi Akinwole
Lawyer, Chartered Arbitrator & Mediator
Beauty Martins
Group Chief Operations Officer, Velox
Join us at WIEConf 2026
Attendance is free. Secure your place at a national conversation bringing together women, employers, business leaders, policymakers, families and other stakeholders to shape a future where women can participate fully in the economy without having to choose between work and home.
What your registration gives you:
- Access to the full WIEConf 2026 experience
- Keynote addresses, panel conversations and practical discussions
- Opportunities to connect with employers, policymakers, business leaders and other stakeholders
- Updates on speakers, programme details and conference announcements