United Nations for successful career women forum

Olatunde Odebiyi

The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed will deliver the keynote address at the 2019 annual leadership and mentoring conference in Lagos State.

Mohammed, the former Federal Minister of the Environment of Nigeria will be speaking on the conference theme: “I do not walk alone”, organized by Women In Successful Careers in Nigeria (WISCAR) at the Muson Center in Onikan, Lagos.

A mentorship walk will hold on Saturday, 9th of November from 8am to 10am, from the Light House Grill Bar in Lekki down to the bridge to Ikoyi and back.

The Founder of WISCAR, Mrs. Amina Oyagbola, said the walk is aimed at promoting the power and possibilities of mentorship and role modelling, in effort to develop the next generation of women for leadership.

She said the conference on Saturday, November 24th is in line with WISCAR’s mission of developing women to build a better nation.

“Our conference theme ‘I do not walk alone’ is a perfect summation of the essence of WISCAR. We do this through our various structured and open series programs and we have impacted over 8,000 women and men. In our various mentorship programs and advocacy for equity and parity, we harness the power of togetherness, community and networks to achieve critical impact. We believe firmly in the timeless African proverb that says ‘if you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together’. Now more than ever, it is pertinent to pay attention to the issue of solidarity, partnership and collaboration and this is what we are actively doing at WISCAR,” she said.

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WISCAR Executive Secretary, Mrs. Fabia Ogunmekan, added that the theme of the event is in consonance with what WISCAR promotes. “Our 2019 Annual Conference, our final master class in the WISCAR calendar will continue to build on this message of community and impact, by celebrating these networks and at the same time critically examining the role of community and networks in our journeys to ‘Becoming more’ and ‘Pressing for progress’ and ‘Better balance’.

She said WISCAR is a non-profit 12-month structured mentoring program focused on empowering and developing professional women in diverse careers in the formal and informal economy to contribute to nation-building in Nigeria.  “Now in its 12th year, WISCAR is continuing its tradition of annual outreach to working women aimed at mentoring them for professional growth, leadership success, and healthy family life. For WISCAR, leadership is achieving a deep resonance between self-leadership, interpersonal leadership and organizational leadership,” she saidf.