COVID 19 Fundraising Drive / Outreach
Within weeks of the government-imposed lock-down, WISCAR rallied members of its community to support our COVID-19 Relief efforts. We implemented various feeding and food provision programmes across three states in Nigeria; Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja partnering with various organizations to ensure all of our interventions reach the targeted beneficiaries, the most vulnerable members of our society. Together we provided food relief to over 4000 people and also distributed essential Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for community health workers at two
International Women’s Day Celebration
The 2020 International Women’s Day themed EachforEqual #GenerationEquality was marked by WISCAR with the screening of a documentary titled Money Marriage produced by Shucks Media in collaboration with Africa Business Radio, Impact Hub Lagos and Global Child Health. This celebration which takes place every year on the 8th of March kicked off with an opening remark by the Founder/Chairperson of WISCAR, Mrs. Amina Oyagbola. The 18minutes documentary explored the harmful practice called “Money Marriage” taking place in some parts
Social Media Week
WISCAR, an organization focused on empowering and developing women to contribute to development and growth in Nigeria and Africa was delighted to host a panel discussion on the topic “Forces for Change”; Technology as a Tool for Accelerating a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion” at the 2020 Social Media Week Lagos themed “HUMAN.X”. The SMW Lagos is a week-long event that provides the ideas, trends, insights and inspiration to enable people and businesses understand how to achieve more in a
2020 FOUNDER’S ADDRESS – THEME: THE FUTURE WE WANT
It is my distinct pleasure to welcome you all to our first virtual WISCAR Leadership and Mentoring Conference. Let me begin by thanking you for choosing to spend your Saturday afternoon with us. We are honoured that you have elected to join us today and hope that the program we have prepared for you will greatly surpass your expectations. Let us together dare to dream of a glorious future. A future in which each and every one of us will
FOUNDER’S ADDRESS: 2019 WISCAR CONFERENCE – 23/11/19 Shell Hall, Muson Centre, Lagos
Acknowledgements The Governor of LASG-Our Host State, ably Represented by the Hon Cmr for Establishment, Training and pensions -Ajibola Ponnle HE , Amina J Mohammed, UN DSG- Our Keynote Speaker Fed Min for Women Affairs – Pauline Tallen Fed Min of State for Environment- Chief Sharon Ikeazor Hon Members of the House or Reps – Tolu Akande- Sadipe HE the British High Cmr- Rep by the Deputy BHC Harriet Thompson UN Women Country rep Members of the diplomatic corp Distinguished
2019 WISCAR ANNUAL LEADERSHIP AND MENTORING CONFERENCE
EVENT COMMUNIQUE INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW The 2019 Women in Successful Careers (WISCAR) Annual Leadership and Mentoring Conference titled AN EVENING WITH WISCAR was successfully held on Saturday 23rd November 2019 at the Shell Hall, Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos from 5:30pm to 10:00pm. The theme of the conference was “I DO NOT WALK ALONE’’. The conference was attended by over six hundred (600) delegates drawn from the Corporate world, Enterprise, Government, Development, & Civil Society sectors. Students from WISCAR Alumni’s