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Happy International Safe Motherhood season, dear readers! Whilst it isn’t official, we tap into our sentiment of promoting safe motherhood globally.
In this edition of Raising Women Magazine, we cast a bold, compassionate light on reproductive health. Not as a taboo, but as a right, a conversation, and a shared responsibility. From confronting maternal mortality to questioning who holds power in shaping global reproductive policies, this issue invites us to reframe what care truly means. We shine a light on an Ex-Beauty Quee, Ezinne Akudo who wants us to live softly, minimal, elegant, and calm … just like NKASSI.
The Wonder Woman Carmen Gonzalez
On Leadership, Partnership & Long-term Impact By May Ikeora-Amamgbo & Daniel Agusi Carmen Gonzalez, Director of the WONDER Foundation, has spent decades working to ensure
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Welcome to Issue 26 of Raising Women Magazine, our charity edition. This issue is a tender reflection on the many ways women are lighting up lives through giving, service, and purpose.
Our cover features the graceful Carmen Gonzalez, a woman whose life work blends compassion with strategy. Alongside her are two phenomenal women from award-winning charities in the United Kingdom, showing that impact is not only possible, it is happening every day.
From candid confessions about the performance of charity to our Girl Talk on giving with dignity, this issue peels back the layers of what it means to give authentically. The Find Her Light segment urges us to examine when charity becomes more about personal branding than purpose.
May these stories remind you that charity begins within, and that the true power of giving is not performance, it is transformation.
Let us continue to raise women.
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
LADY MAY IKEORA-AMAMGBO (PHD)
Maryam Bukar Hassan
On Boosting Creativity for Peace By Daniel Agusi In July 2025, history was made at the United Nations when Maryam Bukar Hassan, better known as
ISSUE 025
Welcome to August and to our 24th edition, which also marks the beginning of our second year of Raising Women Magazine. What a journey it has been. This issue pulses with the energy and edge of a generation that is refusing to wait its turn. From activism to innovation, Gen Z women are showing that power has no age restriction.
Gracing our cover is Blessing Abeng, a branding powerhouse whose voice has amplified African creativity on the global stage. Her story is one of clarity, confidence and carving out space where none existed.
This issue is filled with vibrant reflections and bold narratives, including a compelling Girl Talk piece on digital self-worth and the beauty of individuality. Our Find Her Light segment offers soulful musings on the transformation that comes with age.
As always, we hope these stories inspire you to lead, love and live in your full brilliance. Let us continue to raise women.
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
LADY MAY IKEORA-AMAMGBO (PHD)
Blessing Abeng
From a Questioning Child to a Catalyst By Oluchi Obiahu Blessing Abeng discussed her journey from aspiring to be a neurosurgeon to a career in