A Decade of Empowerment: Pride Women Conference Rebrands as the Emotional Well-Being Conference
Marking a significant milestone in its journey, the Pride Women Conference has officially rebranded as the Emotional Well-Being Conference, reflecting its deepened focus on emotional and mental health, as well as holistic self-care. The upcoming 10th edition is scheduled for Friday, May 1, 2026, at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos, under the inspiring […]
2025 Pride Women Conference: Empowering Women to Triumph
The 9th Pride Women Conference is scheduled for Friday, May 2, 2025, at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island, Lagos. This year’s theme, “Overwhelmed? Can’t Go On? Skills for Coping and Triumphing,” aims to equip women with practical tools to navigate life’s challenges. A Timely Theme This year’s theme speaks directly to the […]
Pride Women Conference Partners with Stanbic IBTC Blue Blossom Financial Empowerment Initiative
To contribute to women’s financial freedom, a key component of emotional wellbeing, the Pride Women Conference is partnering with the Stanbic IBTC Blue Blossom financial empowerment initiative to support 50 women in their entrepreneurship journeys. The selected women will receive structured financial literacy training to build financial independence and sustainability. Selection Criteria Relevance: Participants must […]
Women Triumphing Over the Challenges of the Modern World: The 9th Pride Women Conference to Provide the Know-Hows
The 9th Pride Women Conference is set for Friday, May 2, 2025 at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island. This year’s event, themed “Overwhelmed? Can’t Go On? Skills for Coping and Triumphing”, promises to be an enriching experience for all attendees. In today’s fast-paced world, women often find themselves juggling multiple responsibilities, from […]
Pride Women Conference champions survival and empowerment against assault and abuse
The eighth edition of the Pride Women Conference under the theme “I Survived: Surmounting Assault and Abuse” is set to hold on Friday, May 3, 2024 at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos. The event, which gathers women from all walks of life, has a line-up of seasoned speakers to share their life […]
Learn invaluable self-love at the 2023 Pride Women Conference
The seventh edition of the Pride Women Conference under the theme “Self-Love: Key to Emotional Wellbeing” is set to hold this Friday, May 5, 2023 at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos. The event promises to be a time well spent garnering knowledge and information from the chairperson and seasoned speakers on the line-up. The […]
Winning in life: The 2022 Pride Women Conference offered guidance
The 2022 Pride Women Conference, which took place on May 6, 2022 with the theme “Getting a Handle on Your Life’s Trajectory: Steps to Take, Pitfalls to Avoid” delivered in driving meaningful conversations on emotional wellbeing. The convener of the conference, Ijeoma Anyiam-Osigwe, kicked off proceedings by noting the theme called for an examination of […]
Learn to Navigate Life’s Pitfalls at the 2022 Pride Women Conference
The sixth edition of the Pride Women Conference is scheduled to hold on Friday, May 6, 2022 with the theme “Getting a Handle on Your Life’s Trajectory: Steps to Take, Pitfalls to Avoid”. Following the internal and external upheavals over the past few years due to the rising cost of living, unabating insecurity, and the […]
Early pregnancy can put young women’s mental health at risk: a review of African evidence
Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Manasi Kumar, Aga Khan University The rates of adolescent pregnancies in sub-Saharan Africa are among the world’s highest. The adolescent birth rate is as high as 139 per 1,000 girls in Tanzania and 96 per 1,000 in Kenya. This is significantly higher than developed countries like Canada where the […]
Notable speakers for the 2021 Pride Women Conference to provide a roadmap for post COVID-19 well-being
Boasting a fantastic line-up of speakers, the fifth edition of the Pride Women Conference, which has the theme “Thriving Emotionally, Economically and Physically in the Post COVID-19 World”, will provide women and men with tools to cope in a world that has dramatically changed over the past year. “Throughout the course of 2020, and till […]
