What is the Women in HR Conference?

The Women in HR Conference is a conference that brings together female HR practitioners across the various sectors of the economy to learn, share ideas, experiences and best practices and expand their network.

The Conference runs over a two-day period with top-notch speakers who provide insight on HR and related topics, help address critical and most pressing HR issues and challenges in today’s world with the ultimate aim of maximizing the potentials of participants to ensure improvement in productivity at their various workplaces.

Why the Women in HR Conference?

The Women in HR Conference was initiated by GEA in 2015 in acknowledgement of the contribution of women to the field of HR and beyond.

Ghana has over the last few years seen a greater number of women rising to the summit of HR leadership both in the corporate world and in the public sector. GEA, in recognition of this trend and more importantly, the significant contribution of women in HR to business outcomes, business performance, competiveness and overall industrial harmony put together the Women in HR Conference to provide a platform for them to share ideas, experiences and practices that will help them enhance their career prospects and advancement in the corporate world.

This development was also an acknowledgement of the capacity, experience and strategic contribution of women to the people management functions in their respective organizations.

The goals of the Conference:
To provide a unique platform for Female HRs to share ideas, experiences and best practices
To improve productivity at the workplace by optimizing the professional potentials of female HRs
To ensure female HRs stay updated on the current trends in Human Resource Management
To expand the networking opportunities of female HRs

Benefits for Participants:
Increased Knowledge
The Conference provides topics that are current and timely, subject matter that is cutting edge with a thought-leadership perspective.

New strategies and techniques
Participants go home with new strategies and techniques that would give them a competitive edge in the HR field and help maximize their potentials as HR professionals.

Empowered to deal with challenges of the job
Participants are empowered to deal adequately with the fierce challenges that come with the job of an HR.

Networking Opportunities
Participants have the opportunity to interact with leaders in the profession as well as their colleagues and to even serve as mentees to young HR professionals.

Benefits for Companies:
A highly motivated workforce
Participants return to the office motivated to contribute to their enterprise’s success and immediately apply what they have learnt.
Improved Productivity
A well-resourced HR unit or department ensures high level of output and productivity at the workplace
Improved risk management
A good number of women who are well equipped on their job improves risk management 

Who is the Women in HR Conference for?

The Conference is suited for all females working in an HR role and females who aspire to build a career in human resource.

Where are we?
The Conference has been a huge success over the years as the career prospects of participants have been enhanced, professional potentials have been optimized and there has been a major advancement in the corporate world through improvement in productivity at various workplaces.