Raising Women Magazine Issue 042 – April 2026
There are stories we tell once, and there are stories we return to because life has added something deeper to them. In this issue, we return to Hellynn Jung, not to close a chapter, but to witness what happens when resilience meets surrender.
When we first featured Hellynn, she was in the quiet, uncertain middle of a journey many women understand but few articulate so openly. Today, she returns not just with news, but with transformation. After years of navigating the emotional terrain of IVF, hope, loss, and persistence, her story now carries a different weight. Not one of arrival, but of alignment.
This is not simply a testimony of motherhood fulfilled. It is a reflection on what it means to release control, to trust beyond timelines, and to become in the waiting. Across this issue, we explore that same tension between what we hold onto and what we must learn to let go.
Read this slowly. There is something here for every woman who has ever waited, hoped, and still chosen to believe.
Raising Women Magazine Issue 041 – April 2026
As the world gently settles after the rhythm of Easter, a season that reminds us of renewal, sacrifice, and the quiet power of becoming, we present our 41st issue with a renewed sense of purpose. This edition invites you to consider not just what is seen, but what is built.
Following our last issue, we turn our focus to a voice that calls for depth in a time that often rewards display. Our cover feature with Hon. Justice Mabel Segun-Bello is not simply a conversation, it is a recalibration. It challenges us to rethink mentorship, question visibility, and, most importantly, commit to the discipline of building before announcing.
Across these pages, you will find stories that do not just inspire, but instruct. Stories that ask more of you. Stories that remind you that your light is not for performance, but for purpose.
Read slowly. Reflect deeply. And as always, find her light.
Raising Women Magazine Issue 40 – April 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.
Raising Women Magazine Issue 039 – March 2026
International Women’s Day may have just passed, but the ideas it represents do not expire after twenty four hours. Neither does the work. This edition continues that conversation while also pausing to acknowledge another moment that shaped many of us, Mother’s Day. For countless women, leadership begins long before the boardroom. It begins at home.
This issue also does something slightly unexpected. Our cover features a man, Milan Samuel Chukwu. Yes, we know. It is not our usual cover choice for Women’s month (March), and that is precisely why we love it! .
In a thoughtful conversation on masculinity, misogyny and the courage to hold men accountable, Milan reminds us that gender equality cannot be built by women alone. It requires reflection and responsibility within male spaces too.
Across these pages we celebrate women, motherhood, leadership and the cultural shifts required to build a fairer world.
Because equality is everyone’s work.
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.
Raising Women Magazine Issue 035 – January 2026
This issue of Raising Women Magazine is an ode to collaboration, not as a buzzword, but as a way of living, building, and leading. In a world that often rewards solo glory, we chose to focus on the hands that hold things together quietly, consistently, and collectively.
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
Across these pages, we explore collaboration in its many forms. From mentorship and community building, to shared rituals, leadership, wellness, creativity, and work culture. This issue honours the truth that progress is rarely the result of one voice, one face, or one story.
May this edition invite you to look again at who you build with, who builds with you, and how much stronger we become when we choose to rise together.
ISSUE 034
As we arrive at the final pages of 2025, this
Christmas edition feels both tender and collective. It
is a pause between what has been and what is
quietly becoming. A season of warmth, reflection,
and honest stock taking, wrapped in the familiar
comfort of family, memory, and hope.
This issue is about finishing well. Not with noise or
perfection, but with intention. Across these pages,
we explore purpose, resilience, womanhood,
healing, and the quiet power of choosing peace in a
world that constantly demands performance.
Being the cover star of this final issue is not about
visibility, but responsibility. It is about holding space
for reflection and renewal, and reminding ourselves
that growth often arrives softly. In wisdom earned,
boundaries honoured, and rest finally embraced.
As the year closes, I hope this edition meets you
gently. Whether you are celebrating milestones,
sitting with loss, or rebuilding in silence, remember
this, finishing strong is not about how the year
looked, but how you choose to step forward.
Here is to light, intention, and the courage to begin
again. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a
great New Year
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 […]
ISSUE 033
As we arrive at the final pages of 2025, this
Christmas edition feels both tender and collective. It
is a pause between what has been and what is
quietly becoming. A season of warmth, reflection,
and honest stock taking, wrapped in the familiar
comfort of family, memory, and hope.
This issue is about finishing well. Not with noise or
perfection, but with intention. Across these pages,
we explore purpose, resilience, womanhood,
healing, and the quiet power of choosing peace in a
world that constantly demands performance.
Being the cover star of this final issue is not about
visibility, but responsibility. It is about holding space
for reflection and renewal, and reminding ourselves
that growth often arrives softly. In wisdom earned,
boundaries honoured, and rest finally embraced.
As the year closes, I hope this edition meets you
gently. Whether you are celebrating milestones,
sitting with loss, or rebuilding in silence, remember
this, finishing strong is not about how the year
looked, but how you choose to step forward.
Here is to light, intention, and the courage to begin
again. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a
great New Year
ISSUE 032
As we arrive at the final chapter of 2025, there is a quiet strength in the air, the kind that whispers rather than shouts. This edition invites you to finish strong, with intention, with clarity, and with a softness that honours how far you have already
come.
Our cover star, Dr Jan Yager, reminds us that completion is both a skill and a form of self respect.
In a year that stretched many of us in unexpected ways, her work on boundaries, relationships, and
follow through could not be more timely. She teaches that finishing is not a race, it is a decision to
honour your worth.
Every page in this issue carries that spirit. Whether
you are closing a project, a season, or simply turning
a page within yourself, may this edition give you the
courage to end well and begin again with
confidence