Unilever Nigeria Drives Motion for Gender Inclusion and Empowerment on Worldwide Girls’s Day 2025
As a part of efforts to drive office inclusion, Unilever Nigeria hosted the 2025 Worldwide Girls’s Day celebration on each of its websites (Oregun & Agbara).
The occasion introduced collectively professionals and advocates to debate the significance of numerous and inclusive management. It strengthened Unilever Nigeria’s dedication to fostering a tradition the place ladies thrive and contribute meaningfully throughout all sectors.
Welcoming the ladies to the celebration, the Managing Director of Unilever Nigeria, Tobi Adeniyi, reaffirmed the corporate’s dedication to championing gender equality and creating an inclusive office. He acknowledged, “At Unilever, we stroll the speak with regards to inclusion and fairness. There isn’t any doubt that having ladies in management and key roles results in a more healthy and extra productive office, subsequently I’m dedicated to taking crucial motion that helps our group regularly form an ecosystem the place everybody has the chance to thrive.”
Throughout the panel dialogue themed “Accelerating Motion By means of Empowering Experiences,” the Nationwide Finance Director of Unilever Nigeria, Folake Ogundipe, emphasised the necessity for companies to actively champion range and inclusion and applauded Unilever’s dedication to insurance policies that guarantee equal alternatives and actions.
In her contribution, Ibukun Oyejide, Group CFO of Entry {Bank} PLC, underscored the significance {of financial} independence and management improvement for ladies. She inspired ladies to be proactive and daring in pursuing management alternatives, while by no means doubting their talents and drawing inspiration and power from deep rooted values and a way of goal.
Talking on the importance of storytelling in shaping narratives round gender inclusion, Nigerian producer and co-founder of Inkblot Productions, Zulumoke Oyibo, harassed the function of media in amplifying ladies’s voices. “Illustration issues. The extra we see numerous ladies in management, the extra we normalize inclusion and encourage the following era of girls leaders,” she famous.
Including a inventive perspective, singer, songwriter, and actor, Waje Iruobe, shared her expertise as a lady within the leisure business. She referred to as for intentional help programs that allow ladies to excel throughout industries, stating that empowerment comes from creating alternatives to help one another. 
The panel concluded with a name to motion, urging organizations to speed up efforts in selling gender fairness by way of mentorship, policymaking, and an inclusive work surroundings. Following the insightful panel dialogue, attendees engaged in a soothing and interactive sip and paint session.
As a part of its steady dedication to inclusion, Unilever Nigeria has applied progressive insurance policies akin to menstrual well being depart, 16 weeks of maternity depart, and on-site devoted lactation and childcare services for nursing moms.