Raising Women Magazine Issue 38 – March 2026
As we approach International Women’s Day, we lean into this year’s agenda: Give to Gain. It is a simple phrase, yet profoundly strategic. Progress for women has never been sustained by visibility alone. It has been built through investment, mentorship, solidarity, and the deliberate transfer of opportunity.
On our cover, Ambassador Keisha McGuire represents this principle in motion. Her leadership in global diplomacy reminds us that when women give knowledge, courage, and access, they do not diminish their power. They multiply it.
This edition examines what it truly means to give: time, resources, platforms, protection, policy influence. And what we gain in return: stronger institutions, fairer systems, and a generation of women who enter rooms already prepared.
International Women’s Day is not a performance. It is a responsibility.
When women give intentionally, we all gain collectively.
The question is not whether we will celebrate. The question is how we will contribute.
Issue 035 – January 2026
Our spotlight on Emma Grede reminds us that the most powerful empires are not built alone. Through intentional partnerships, shared vision, and a deep commitment to lifting other women as she climbs, Emma embodies what collaboration looks like when it is rooted in purpose rather than performance
International Graduate Scholarship and Mentorship Opportunities for Students
By Zamie Ayo 1. Organizer: Women@Dior & Unesco Education Mentionship Program 2026 Deadline: December 31, 2025 Applications are open for the Women@Dior & UNESCO Education and Mentorship Program 2026. Women@Dior & UNESCO is a unique international mentoring and education Program dedicated to young women, built on Maison Dior’s unique expertise of transmission and its community […]
Dear Santa, We Need to Talk
By Antoine Pepper Let’s start with the obvious. Santa Claus is impressive. He travels the world in one night, remembers every child, delivers gifts flawlessly, and somehow never forgets a detail. A logistical genius. An icon. A legend. But here’s the thing no one says out loud at Christmas dinner: Santa has help. A lot […]
Gisèle Pelicot
Courage in the Face of the Unthinkable By Oluchi Obiahu In a year that has forced many uncomfortable global conversations about violence, consent, and justice, the name Gisèle Pelicot has come to represent something far greater than a court case. It has become a symbol of courage, truth, and the quiet strength it takes for […]
That duality is the heart of the journey.
Traveling home for Christmas forces you to hold two truths at once: who you were and who you are now. Sometimes that meeting is joyful. Sometimes it’s uncomfortable. Sometimes it’s both in the same afternoon. You notice how much you’ve grown and how certain patterns remain stubbornly unchanged. And yet, you still came. Across cultures […]
Bro Code Is Dead, What’s Next?
By Daniel Agusi For a long time, men lived by an unspoken rulebook. You didn’t need to read it. You just absorbed it. Don’t expose your guy. Don’t question his choices in public. Handle it privately. Ride or die. Don’t approach his ex. That was the bro code. It was passed down in locker rooms, […]
Dr. Beatrice Ige on Aesthetic Power
Why Beauty Is Medicine, Not Performance By Francisca Sinjae For years, Dr. Beatrice Ige lived at the intersection of science and self-expression. Trained as a medical doctor Dr. Bea was drawn not only to anatomy and clinical precision, but to the quieter questions of confidence, identity, and how women experience themselves in the world. While […]
MAY IKEORA-AMAMGBO
On What 2025 Taught Us and Why the First Daughter Agenda Matters Now By Daniel Agusi Before a magazine can announce where it is going, it must first reckon with where it has been. This conversation with Raising Women’s Editor-in-Chief, Dr May Ikeora-Amamgbo, sits deliberately at that crossroads. It is both a reflective pause at […]
DID YOU KNOW?
Christmas Was Once Banned By Ifeanyi’s Daughter I know. Take a second. The holiday of fairy lights, Mariah Carey, matching pajamas, and “just one more gift” was once considered so problematic that governments said, Absolutely not. Christmas. Banned. Before it became the season of joy (and overspending), Christmas was controversial, political, and believe it or […]