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In Inspiration February 15, 2020 By Women of Rubies

How To Cope With Being Single and Content

Not being in a relationship most times is no easy feat for any young woman. It can get tough especially when you are around people who are in one and probably married. This creates a discontent feeling in the heart of single ladies, making them feel incomplete like they just haven’t struck that life goal just yet.

And yes, its a dangerous feeling that needs to be dealt with to avoid toxic relationship and mistakes in marriage.

Well hello lovelies here are a few tips below to help just about so much, each steps are linked to the other:

1. Love Yourself First

While everyone believes they love themselves, they never for a second think they might have harmful habits. When you truly love your self, you automatically make anyone understand they are blessed to have you in their life, not in a selfish way though. Take care of yourself, give yourself treats and on, you will have a facial baby glow. Everyone loves a pretty soul. To love yourself you gotta know you.

2. Know Yourself

Know who you are and what is best for you. When you know your essence in life, like how important you are, your purpose and what you represent, you will know the right kind of love for you. You will be strong enough to walk out on toxic relationships and attract the right circle. Truth is any woman who knows herself wouldn’t have to force themselves on any one, ‘you are a queen’. God made you one, you need to believe this. To know yourself, you gotta spend some time by yourself.

3. Enjoy Your Company- Spend Some Time Alone.

This is so good for everyone, even if you were married. Note this, if you can’t stand to take yourself on a date alone then you probably have a low self esteem, and need people to approve of you so much. Can you stand travelling alone or doing things alone? If you can, then it shows you love your own company enough, and that’s what will make someone to love spending time with you too. For married people if you have your own space it will help you deal with familiarity in a healthy way. Moments spent alone makes you understand life in a more meaningful way.

4. Do something creative / Get a hobby

Get a chance to do something new and creative. It helps you have a child-like excitement, to making you feel less bored and stuck. It gets your mind active too. Things like riding a bike, reading, painting, joining a volunteering network too can help.

5.Join a small group

Join a collection of people with the same mind and goals with you. Get plugged into activities in your church, join groups that you can serve with your entire heart, this pays off if you are sincere.

6. Wait

Someone said patience is good but the attitude you keep while you’re patient makes all the difference. There is true and false patience, ‘lol’. Don’t freak out ladies, true patience is a sign of faith and confidence that what your waiting for is coming to you.

• And while you waiting keep moving literally, like be active, improve yourself daily make sure you are better, emotionally, spiritually, psychologically (body, spirit and soul) than were you were last year. Good wishes!

In Inspiration February 14, 2020 By Women of Rubies

Meet The Nigerian Woman Whose Mission Is To Save Lives Through LifeBank

Getting proper blood supply for patient can be a tough one. Temie Giwa-Tubosun therefore founded LifeBank a Lagos-based blood and oxygen delivery company that connects registered blood banks to hospitals and patients in need of blood supply.

In 2019, Temie won $250,000 grant from the Jack Ma Foundation, and was listed in 2014 as one of the BBC 100 Women, third Nigerian on the list, along with veteran broadcaster Funmi Iyanda and Obiageli Ezekwesili, Nigeria’s former minister of education. She was also the youngest on the list.

So what is the company about?
LifeBank helps hospitals discover blood and other essential medical supplies and help deliver to the hospital in the right condition. They deploy mobile and web technology, smart logistics, and Artificial Intelligence to build an end to end marketplace and cold chain logistics. Temi’s mission is to save 1 million lives in 10 years. Temi’s passion begun when she noted that biggest cause of maternal mortality in the continent and the developing world is something called Post-Partum Hemorrhage. Basically, women give birth and shortly after, they start bleeding. However, if the hospital does not have blood to transfuse to these women, they go into shock and they die. In Nigeria where Temi was born, it killed over 26,000 young women every year. As a mother myself she had a difficult delivery and was lucky enough to have access to a good health system in US.

After this, she decided to move back home to Nigeria and help solve this problem.
After she went back home Temi knew that she needed to have conversations with experts in this sector. Also, it wasn’t just blood shortage but also lack of communication to know who has the blood type you need, and lack of infrastructure to move the blood to where it is needed on time and in the right condition. This led her to build LifeBank.

The obvious reason she created this digital health startup was to make a difference. People will never stop needing blood, it’s not a need it’s a matter of survival and that’s where LifeBank comes in.

In May 2017, she was selected as part of “six entrepreneurs who demonstrate the positive role women are playing in creating opportunities and preparing the region for the Fourth Industrial Revolution” by the World Economic Forum on Africa.

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In Inspiration February 14, 2020 By Women of Rubies

Cynthia Erivo’s Performance At The 2020 Oscars Was A Hit

Cynthia Erivo made a remarkable performance at the 2020 Oscars with an unforgettable rendition of “Stand Up,” which was nominated for Best Original Song.

The actress who also sings was also nominated in the Best Actress category got her performance as Harriet Tubman, took over the stage dressed in a dramatic gold number and delivered a grand performance that highlighted her powerhouse vocals.

She got praises from the media and those in attendance. She was later joined on stage by a large choir, who further elevated the emotional performance,

Erivo who has previously won a Tony, Emmy and Grammy could have become the youngest EGOT winner ever last night. She was the only nominee of color in the acting categories, which prompted folks to once again speak out against the Academy’s well-documented lack of inclusion.

Though she didn’t pick up any awards, her performance was a clear winner and arguably the best of the night.

Erivo is set to play soul icon Aretha Franklin in the upcoming scripted series “Genius Aretha,” from National Geographic.

Source: WomenAfrica

In Interviews&profile February 13, 2020 By Women of Rubies

Congratulations To Gloria Edozie On Her New Appointment

Adesua Dozie, has joined Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited an Executive Director and General Counsel. Dozie was the General Counsel Africa for the General Electric Company, where she was also co-chair for the GE Women’s Network in Africa.

The appointment which is effective from December 30, 2019 is a continuation of Dozie’s impressive career trajectory which has seen her work with some of the biggest names globally.

Dozie has also served as Secretary and legal advisor to the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation and had several senior legal roles in Africa for Coca-Cola. She has also worked for Elf Petroleum (now Total Upstream) and with the law firm of Ajumogobia & Okeke.

Dozie’s impressive CV includes being lead advisor in a number of high value infrastructure projects across the African continent, in turn facilitating regional growth, strengthening corporate governance and compliance cultures across diverse business communities, serving as a guardian of the complex dynanics between purpose, profit and risk.

She is a passionate advocate for diversity – age, thought, gender and race – and inclusion. She is married to Uzoma Dozie and are blessed with three children.

“In my current role as General Counsel of GE Africa, I have had the opportunity to advise, structure and lead transactions across the African continent, in turn facilitating regional growth, strengthening corporate governance and compliance cultures across diverse business communities, and serving as a guardian of the complex dynamics between purpose, profit and risk,” she said.

In Career Gems February 13, 2020 By Women of Rubies

Transcorp Plc Appoints 4 Extra Ordinary Women At The Helm Of Affairs

These four women where appointed by Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp). Transcorp is Nigeria’s leading listed industrial holding company.

The women include, Owen Omogiafo Dupe Olusola, Helen Iwuchukwu, and Okaima Ohizua

Owen Omogiafo was appointed as President/GCEO of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, with effect from March 25, 2020. She succeeds Valentine Ozigbo, who is retiring to pursue a career in public service, having served Transcorp for close to a decade.

“What I found is everything you do in life prepares you for the next step.”–Olusola Modupe. Dupe was also appointed as the MD/CEO of Transcorp Hotels Plc, effective from March 25, 2020. She is currently the Group Head, Marketing at United Bank for Africa Plc. She has over 21 years of corporate experience including MD/CEO of Teragro Juice Concentrate Plant. She holds a BA in Economics from the University of Leicester and a Masters in Development Economics from the University of Kent.

The Board of Transcorp Hotels Plc approved the appointment of Helen Iwuchukwu as an Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer of the company. She is currently the Group Company Secretary of Transcorp Plc. She holds an LL. B. (Hons) degree in Law and was enrolled as a Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1993 (BL Hons) and holds a Master of Laws degree (LL. M.) from Middlesex University Business School, London.

The Board of Transcorp Power Ltd also approved the appointment of Okaima Ohizua as Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer of Transcorp Power Ltd. She is currently Executive Director, Customer Services at Transcorp Hotels Plc. She has over 25 years of working experience and has been key to the continued service transformation at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, since joining the Board and Management in 2013.

In Inspiration February 13, 2020 By Women of Rubies

Meet The Woman Fighting Climate Injustice

“I wanted to screen my retirement plans for environmental and social issues, but the only option was the Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund,” says Marilyn Waite.

Marilyn Waite is a Program Officer in Environment at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

She has worked across four continents in venture investment and low-carbon energy, so addressing climate change through investments is her forte.

Marilyn manages the foundation’s grantmaking on climate and clean energy finance with the ambitious goal of addressing climate change by accelerating the transition to a climate-friendly economy. Her grantmaking mobilizes private capital investments in low-carbon and climate-friendly energy infrastructure and systems, seeking to redirect finance from high- to low-carbon activities and encourage wiser energy investments.

She oversees Hewlett Foundation’s climate finance program where she invests in sustainable banking strategies that can lower global emissions at the gigaton scale. Marilyn is also a thought leader in the green jobs space, having authored Sustainability at Work, Careers that Make a Difference, a book that looks at sustainability professions across various sectors, such as agriculture, health care, and even entertainment and media. Waite is a Princeton and Cambridge-trained environmental engineer with a background that ranges from sustainable development in Madagascar to nuclear energy in France. She is an editor-at-large for GreenBiz and an E2 1 Hotels Fellow.

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In Entertainment February 12, 2020 By Women of Rubies

US Rep. Ayanna Pressley Finally, Confidently Reveals Her New Hair Cut

Few weeks back US Rep. Ayanna Pressley revealed her bald head and battle with alopecia in a moving interview she had with The Root. She has finally debuted her crown on Capitol Hill.

“After Rep. Ayanna Pressley unveiled her hair loss last month, many supported the congresswoman. But Pressley’s reveal of her alopecia — an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss — and her consequent bald head also made her the subject of online bullying, with some people,” according to CNN.

On Jan. 29 the freshman Congresswoman from Massachusetts took to the House floor, wigless and made her address confidently.

“I am proud to rise in support of my comprehensive Crediting Reporting Enhancement, Disclosure, and Transparency or the Comprehensive Credit Act, a critical package of reforms that will improve our fundamentally flawed credit reporting system.”

“I hid in a bathroom stall. I felt naked, exposed, vulnerable. I felt embarrassed. I felt ashamed. I felt betrayed,” she told The Root.

Luckily, her journey has gotten better, she says, stressing that ”I’m making progress every day. And that’s why I’m doing this today.”

“It’s about self-agency. It’s about power. It’s about acceptance. It’s so interesting to me that right now on this journey, what I feel the most unlike myself is when I am wearing a wig. So I think that means I’m on my way.”

She jokingly spoke given her wigs names after Michelle Obama and even OG.

It is definitely incredible to see Pressley open up and be so brave about what she is going through.

In Interviews&profile February 12, 2020 By Women of Rubies

WCW | Beverly Naya is Our Woman Crush Today

Beverly Naya is a dark and lovely Nigerian actress, who was born in Nigeria, but raised in London. At 17, she began acting while studying philosophy, psychology and sociology at Brunel University. She also studied script writing in Roehampton University.

‘The wedding party’ actress was named the “fastest rising actress” in the City People Entertainment Awards in Nigeria, when asked why she returned to Nigeria by Encomium Magazine she said and I quote

“After I graduated from university, I just knew that I wanted to act, I knew I wanted to act, and in London I could shoot a film probably once in a year and that’s it. Whereas coming to this industry, I can build a brand as well as shoot films more often and be given a more diverse amount of scripts. So, I decided to come back for that reason.”

ACHIEVEMENTS

In 2014, Beverly Naya launched a campaign titled ‘Fifty Shades of Black’, aimed at inspiring young girls to feel confident about themselves.

Recently, she also started a documentary termed ‘Skin the documentary’. This is intended to tackle skin bleaching, and exploring the meaning of beauty in different shades of black.

AWARDS & ENDORSEMENTS

She also won the award for Fast Rising Actress at the 2011 City People Awards.

She won the Most Promising Talent category at the 2010 Best Of Nollywood Awards.

She also won the award for Fast Rising Actress at the 2011 City People Entertainment Awards.

We love you Beverly.

In Health February 12, 2020 By Women of Rubies

The Difference Between Gender, Sex & Sexuality? Watch this Episode of Untold Facts

In Inspiration February 12, 2020 By Women of Rubies

Why Environmental Activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is so Particular about Climate Change

According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), Chad is among the poorest nations in the world, and it is “already struggling with poverty and frequent conflict”. Making a reference to the Multidimensional Poverty Index, most of the population in Chad rely on subsistence farming.

Speaking with WEF, Hindou Ibrahim pointed out the size of the Lake Chad had depleted, compared to the size it was when she was a child which spanned about 10,000 km square. This is as a result of climate change, the rising population, and the most prominent occupation in Chad, agriculture.

Hindou Ibrahim, who is from the Mbororo pastoralist community, and an expert in how indigenous peoples and particularly women adapt to climate change, wants to highlight the impact a warming planet is having on communities across Africa.

During the WEF Sustainable Development Impact Summit in 2019, she shared that, “Climate change is real, and it’s not about our future. It’s about our present. It’s the issue of survival. It’s not the issue of economy or power, it’s the issue of life of hundreds of millions of people that depend on it. We need solutions, we don’t have time. It’s now time for action and immediate action for those peoples who are getting impacted who didn’t create this climate change.”

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