This year’s Women’s Leadership Forum will take place in Dar es Salaam on 6 October 2025, under the theme “The contribution of women to leadership in Africa”. 

The forum is organised as part of UONGOZI Institute’s Women’s Leadership Programme (WLP), dedicated to helping African women advance into leadership roles. It draws upon from the Institute’s research study, which examines the transformative contributions, challenges, and lived experiences of women leaders across Tanzania’s public, private, and civil society sectors. The study provides compelling evidence to advocate for increased female representation in decision-making spaces, addressing the persistent gender gap and advancing recognition of their qualitative attributes in promoting holistic gender justice in leadership spaces.

Participants of the forum will include leaders in government, business, academia, and civil society from across the world, as well as 100 women leaders selected to join cohorts 7 and 8 of the WLP.

Participation in the event will be by invitation only.

To learn more about WLF, visit this page.

Download the event programme in English.