The Nigeria Assisted Parenthood Forum has taken a significant step in addressing the information gap facing individuals navigating infertility and different paths to parenthood. The forum recently hosted the Fertility Choices Women’s Brunch in Abuja, which provided a private setting for women to gain a clearer understanding of their fertility and the decisions they may face at different stages of life. The event, which took place on 19 September 2026, was attended by women in Abuja and online.
The Fertility Choices Women’s Brunch in Abuja covered various topics, including fertility investigations, fertility preservation, assisted conception, and future reproductive choices. The programme encouraged women to learn about their options before facing a fertility crisis, equipping them to ask better questions and make informed decisions about their reproductive health. The forum also created a safe space for conversations that women may find difficult to have openly due to stigma, social expectations, and cultural sensitivities surrounding fertility in Nigeria.
The Nigeria Assisted Parenthood Forum is an education and advocacy initiative created to address the information gap facing people navigating infertility and different paths to parenthood. The forum brings together medical, legal, and emotional perspectives on fertility treatment, fertility preservation, donor conception, surrogacy, and adoption. The initiative was conceived by Undiga Emuekpere, Principal Partner of Ôka’mara Law & Consulting, following her work with intending parents, fertility professionals, and families involved in cross-border reproductive journeys.
Following the success of the Abuja programme, the Nigeria Assisted Parenthood Forum UK will bring the conversation to London for Nigerians in the diaspora, Nigeria-connected families, and professionals involved in international family-building journeys. The two-day hybrid event, scheduled for 16 to 17 October 2026 at Coram Campus in central London, will focus on surrogacy, donor conception, and adoption. The programme will feature a Surrogacy Practitioners Roundtable on managing international surrogacies from Nigeria.
The London programme will provide practical information about legal parenthood, safeguarding, documentation, birth registration, and the steps involved in returning home with a child after completing part of a fertility, surrogacy, or adoption journey in Nigeria. Participants will also receive insights into the legal and administrative processes behind documents used in adoption and post-surrogacy matters. Fertility clinicians, lawyers, counsellors, adoption specialists, fertility support professionals, and people with lived experience will contribute to the sessions.
The Nigeria Assisted Parenthood Forum has received endorsement from the Association for Fertility and Reproductive Health and works in institutional partnership with the Fertility Support Professionals Association and Coram IAC, the United Kingdom’s specialist international adoption organisation. The forum aims to present assisted parenthood as a complete journey rather than solely a medical procedure. Further information about the London programme and participation options is available on the Nigeria Assisted Parenthood Forum website.
The Nigeria Assisted Parenthood Forum UK will enable professionals to examine arrangements that begin in Nigeria but have legal and practical consequences in other countries. A Nigerian Documentation Workshop will examine the legal and administrative processes behind documents used in adoption and post-surrogacy matters, including adoption procedures within Nigeria’s federal system, parenthood following surrogacy, birth registration, and the limits of post-surrogacy court orders.
Key points
- The Nigeria Assisted Parenthood Forum has hosted fertility and family-building conversations in Abuja and is set to bring its programme to London in October.
- The forum aims to address the information gap facing individuals navigating infertility and different paths to parenthood.
- The London programme will focus on surrogacy, donor conception, and adoption, including the legal and practical issues that arise when a family-building journey crosses national borders.
