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 037 – February 2026
Visibility without integrity is performance. Voice without community is exposure. This edition honours women who speak anyway, who build anyway, who love anyway.
RW MAGAZINE Issue 36 – FEB 2026
February arrives wrapped in expectation. Red roses, grand gestures, and a narrow definition of love that often leaves women carrying far more than they receive. This edition of Raising Women Magazine gently resists that script. Ahead of Valentine’s Day, we chose to centre love as it is actually lived by women: complex, layered, and deeply […]
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 Alhanislam, became the first Global Advocate for Peace. A Nigerian poet and storyteller, she has turned poetry into a powerful way to connect people and open conversations about peace. From […]
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 branding and communications. A curious child turned visionary leader, she has carved a path from dreaming of neurosurgery to becoming a powerhouse in branding, communications, and the tech ecosystem. Her […]