23 Districts, One Mission: Inside Joyce Atimango’s Fight for Girls’ Education, Protection and Empowerment
By Blossom Ukoha Some women build their leadership journeys in boardrooms and business schools. Others begin by confronting the challenges they later dedicate their lives to changing. For Joyce Atimango, the journey towards empowering girls in Uganda is deeply connected to one belief: a difficult beginning should never determine a girl’s future. As a former child mother who received an opportunity to return to school and complete her education, Atimango understands what it means for a young girl’s future to be interrupted. Today, as Founder and Executive Director of Trailblazers Mentoring Foundation (TMF), she is helping girls and young women continue their education, understand their rights and build futures beyond the limitations imposed on them. Founded in 2013 by two former child mothers, TMF has grown into a registered Ugandan non-governmental organisation working across 23 districts of Uganda. Its mission focuses on preventing teenage pregnancy and child marriage while promoting…
The Cash Flow Trap: Why Profitable Businesses Still Run Out of Money
By Blossom Ukoha 51% of US small employer firms identified uneven cash flow as a financial challenge, according to the Federal Reserve’s 2025 Small…
Dear Parents, Your Teenage Daughter Needs You to Listen, Not Just Lecture
By Blossom Ukoha Imagine a teenage girl sitting quietly at the dining table, pushing her food around her plate. Something happened at school that…
Nourish Her Power: Simple Protein-Rich Meals Every Busy Woman Needs for Healthy Ageing
Between demanding careers, family responsibilities, business meetings and the many little things that fill a woman’s day, eating well can easily become an afterthought.…
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: Can Women Escape Poverty Without Safe and Secure Homes?
By Blossom Ukoha “Poverty is not a personal failure; it is a systemic failure, a denial of dignity and human rights.” — António Guterres, United…
Qualified but Overlooked: What Keeps Women Out of Corporate Boardrooms?
By Blossom Ukoha A woman may spend decades building expertise, leading teams, managing complex budgets and delivering measurable business results, yet still be overlooked…
Breaking Barriers in the Pacific: Temukisa Hauma Becomes Tuvalu’s First Woman Governor-General
By Blossom Ukoha “I look forward to leading the nation and empowering our people, especially the women of Tuvalu.” With these words, Temukisa Auina…
Childcare: The Missing Link in Women’s Economic Power
By Blossom Ukoha According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), women perform 76.2 per cent of unpaid care work globally and spend 3.2 times…
International Day of the Girl Child 2026: Who Gets to Decide a Girl’s Future?
By Blossom Ukoha “I was just a child and suddenly got married. Before I had time to recover from the shock, I got pregnant.”…
Leading the Fight Against Breast Cancer: Amber Guild Takes Charge at Susan G. Komen
By Blossom Ukoha “I am deeply honored to join Komen as its President & CEO, and I am inspired to work alongside Komen’s incredibly…
11 Success Tips Every Woman Scaling a Social-Impact Business Needs to Know
By Blossom Ukoha “Profit and purpose are not mutually exclusive, and you have to work just as hard on delivering the impact you want…
Innovations Designed by Women to Improve Everyday Health Monitoring
By Blossom Ukoha For generations, women have navigated health concerns that were often under-researched or diagnosed only after symptoms became difficult to ignore. From…
