A Tribute to Chief (Mrs.) Adenike Ebun Oyagbola: Celebrating a Trailblazer as She Passes At 93.
Chief (Mrs.) Adenike Ebun Oyagbola (née Akinola) was a pioneering Nigerian politician and diplomat, best known as the country’s first female cabinet minister. Born on May 5, 1931, in Igan-Alade, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, she dedicated her life to public service, education, public infrastructural improvements and the empowerment of women. She […]
WISCAR Commemorates International Women’s Day 2025: Accelerating Action for Women’s Rights, Equality, and Empowerment
As the world unites to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025 under the theme “Accelerating Action For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment” WISCAR (Women in Successful Careers) reaffirms its commitment to advancing gender equality and accelerating action towards women’s empowerment. This year’s IWD is particularly significant as it marks the 30th anniversary of […]
UN GLOBAL COMPACT LOCAL NETWORK
The UN Woman Global Compact Local Network hosted a CEO breakfast roundtable and formally launched its Africa Strategy. A high-level panel that included WISCAR Founder/Chairperson and other distinguished CEOs discussed the theme; The Private Sector: The Exigency of its Collaboration to the Sustainability of Africa. While the driving force for the UNGC is hinged on […]
2023 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
WISCAR joined the UN Women and the United Nations in celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD), themed; DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality with Campaign theme #EmbraceEquity. The aim of IWD 2023 #EmbraceEquity campaign is to get the world talking about why equal opportunities are not enough. True inclusion and belonging requires equitable action. A […]
HIGH-LEVEL ADVISORY COUNCIL (HLAC)
Mrs. Amina Oyagbola was on Thursday, February 16, 2023, appointed as Member of the High-Level Advisory Council (HLAC) to support Women and Girls, by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. At the launch of the High-Level Advisory Council, the President stated that the HLAC alongside the National Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Policy Dialogue, […]
SPECIAL FUNDRAISER FOR FEMALE CANDIDATES
In line with WISCAR’s mission of developing women to build a better nation, and the strong interest expressed by renowned global icon, and our 2022 Distinguished WISCAR Awardee, Ms. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at the recently concluded 2022 WISCAR Annual Leadership and Mentoring Conference, on the urgent need to enable women’s political participation. WISCAR in collaboration […]
2022 WISCAR GROW AND LEARN INITIATIVE (GLIN)
The 13th stream of WIN 1 and 2 Mentees successfully organized and executed a 1-day mentoring session for girls in Secondary Schools under the WISCAR Grow and Learn Initiative (GLIN). The Grow and Learn Initiative is a ‘’pay it forward’’ creation of the WISCAR Alumni body. It is borne out of a deep commitment to […]
2022 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY
Solidarity across generations is key to sustainable development and this is our raison d’être and our driving force at WISCAR. The energy, talent and social consciousness of the youth is cause for celebration and indeed they are the future for creating a more equal and equitable World for All. Today we join the world to […]
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 […]
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 […]