Author: lailajohnsonsalami

Feminism is a lifestyle to me. As far as I’ve been concerned since I was old enough to understand the concept, it really is a no-brainer. In my spare time, I often check out a lot of blogs and look for inspirational women that I can benefit from and you might be able to benefit…

I think about this quite a lot. What do I actually want to do with my life? I mean, I’m here on this crazy planet full of cruelty, danger, bad and also a lot of happiness – where do I fit in? The next five points often ease my mind when I question myself: 1)…

Anxiety. Its a nasty thing isn’t it? You don’t want to leave your house, you overthink your grades, you’re extremely worried about the future, you get a WhatsApp from that one person and before opening it you already think you’re in trouble. Sound familiar? It definitely describes a lot about me and what I go…

I’ve never really known how to plan my year. How to ensure that I work towards achieving all goals that I believe I can, how to make sure multi-tasking doesn’t get the better of me and how to remind myself about the positive things in life to keep myself going. Last week was a pretty…

  Until the 1980s, the non-governmental organisation (NGO) was not truly recognised as a developmental actor by states. They were seen solely as charitable, humanitarian organisations and, due to the lack of pecuniary backing and incentive,  were not given a huge role to in defining societal development play in society. However, from the 1990s when the…

I refuse to wait till the final paragraph of this post to answer the question because YES we can have it “all”. I say all in quotations because what exactly do we mean by all? Well to break it down to social media today, which is often the prime generator of this discussion, “all” often…

In December 2016, the We Rise Initiative held its inaugural Elevate Her 2016 conference in Lagos, Nigeria. The event was such a success which has motivated myself and the team to want to continue with the series and hold more conferences across the globe. So, we’re bringing our labour of love to London this February…