Our story
Women In Leadership Advancement Network (WILAN) Global is a Nigerian based international organization that is focused on promoting women's leadership across all levels of political, economic, and public life.
Our Vision
To inspire a shift to gender-balanced leadership across all levels of political, economic, and public life
Our Mission
To ease access to the community, knowledge, resources, opportunities, and support that women need on their journey to become effective and thriving leaders
What makes us different
Our Core Values
Unconventional
We are non-conformists and seek to change the status quo
Innovative
We leverage technology and new media to achieve our goals.
Collaborative
We partner vertically and horizontally to inspire and scale impact
Organized
We are structured and efficient professionals.
Represent
We stand for Women and commit to prioritizing them in every way.
Novel
We deliver a new, authentic, and original approach to women’s leadership
Savvy
We display knowledge, understanding and good judgment on the subject of women’s leadership.
WILAN Global
Dedicated to promoting Women'S leadership Across public and private sectors
In our years of operation, we have organized programmes to address the various challenges women face in leadership and enhance their experience of leadership.
We have also successfully created a strong and safe online community where women in leadership can grow, learn, connect, give, and receive support. This community also participates in programs and activities onground that are geared towards effective women leadership.
Founded
2018
In 2022, WILAN launched a campaign with the goal of raising one hundred thousand excellent women leaders in Nigeria over the next decade.
Our Goals And Objectives
- To build a network that connects women leaders across all levels of political, economic and public life regardless of their sector, generation or geography.
- To facilitate support for Women to grow, become effective as leaders and thrive.
- To generate the largest database of women leaders across all levels of political, economic and public life.
- To raise the largest pipeline of Young Women Leaders.
- To catalyse gender mainstreaming across all levels of political, economic and public life as a way to advance women’s leadership.
Thrive
Succeed
Lead
Strategic Plan 2023-2025
We have developed a 3-year strategic plan for 2023 – 2025 to serve as a robust mechanism for leading change, and a roadmap that outlines what success means to WILAN. More specifically, in 2023, we have set an intentional tone and want to be known for work that informs, inspires action, and impacts change.