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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
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October reminds us that pink is more than a colour. It is a conversation …one that began with ribbons and rallies but has since grown into research, resilience, and real change. This edition is our nod to the fighters, survivors, scientists, and storytellers who remind us that advocacy is a form of love. From “Symbols of Strength”, our cover story tracing the global journey of the pink ribbon, to “Curemakers”, spotlighting the women redefining medical innovation, this issue celebrates courage in its most beautiful form.
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October reminds us that pink is more than a colour. It is a conversation …one that began with ribbons and rallies but has since grown into research, resilience, and real change. This edition is our nod to the fighters, survivors, scientists, and storytellers who remind us that advocacy is a form of love. From “Symbols of Strength”, our cover story tracing the global journey of the pink ribbon, to “Curemakers”, spotlighting the women redefining medical innovation, this issue celebrates courage in its most beautiful form.
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October reminds us that pink is more than a colour. It is a conversation …one that began with ribbons and rallies but has since grown into research, resilience, and real change. This edition is our nod to the fighters, survivors, scientists, and storytellers who remind us that advocacy is a form of love. From “Symbols of Strength”, our cover story tracing the global journey of the pink ribbon, to “Curemakers”, spotlighting the women redefining medical innovation, this issue celebrates courage in its most beautiful form.
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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.
ISSUE 027
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.
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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)
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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)
ISSUE 024
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)
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Welcome to the July edition of Raising Women Magazine, our 23rd issue and a celebration of one full year of telling bold and brilliant stories that inspire. What began as a vision has grown into a vibrant platform, and we are grateful to every reader who has turned these pages with purpose.
This month, we mark more than our anniversary. We join the nation in celebrating the Nigeria
Falcons, who lifted the WAFCON trophy with grit, grace and sisterhood. Their triumph is not just a victory on the pitch, it is a statement that women
belong in every arena, thriving, leading and winning. Our exclusive interview with Ashleigh Plumptre, one of the Falcons’ finest, explores far more than football.
She speaks on identity, courage and using her voice beyond the game. From global sisterhood in Girl
Talk to saints rising in Find Her Light, this edition is a tribute to women taking up space, loudly, proudly
and unapologetically. Whether through sport, style, spirituality or service,
our stories this month honour resilience, challenge silence and ignite the fire to keep going.
Let us continue to raise women and raise the game