Working Moms Nigeria: STELLA DAMASCUS, UFUOMA EJENOBO, TARA DUROTOYE AND A HOST OF NIGERIAN WOMEN PRAY AGAINST VIOLENCE

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Are you in the habit of rushing to work and equally rushing home because there is so much to do both at home and at work? Ever went to bed tired ignoring so many things in the bedroom and kitchen needing your attention, only to be interrupted a few hours later by the sound from your alarm clock? Do you always leave the house with more chores needing your attention that you carry part of your makeup/shoes and scarves to the office to dress appropriately later? Do you sometimes wish you could be in two or three places all at once? Are you a mother that works? Because if you are, then you'll appreciate and understand why there is a need to talk about how hard each day is for this superwoman called the "working mom".
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09 April 2014

STELLA DAMASCUS, UFUOMA EJENOBO, TARA DUROTOYE AND A HOST OF NIGERIAN WOMEN PRAY AGAINST VIOLENCE

Still o the International Month for women. Nigerian women have from celebrities to students, market women, corporate giants and clergy women from different denominations all gathered last week for the National Women’s Prayer Summit with theme "The Supplication" hosted by Jumoke Adenowo and Awesome Treasures Foundation to pray against violence in Nigeria.

According to Award winning photographer TY Bello who took these photos said “We were going to be praying against violence in Nigeria. I was itching to pray with everything but something kept pressing to bring my camera so I just followed the nudge. The room was filled with women as diverse as we come, from known celebrities like Funke Akindele and Stella Damasus to students, market women, corporate giants and clergy women from different denominations.

What set this prayer meeting apart was this, before the prayers were made, a woman would mount the podium and narrate her PERSONAL story in the violence. A woman from Jos for instance, came up and graphically narrated how her community was burnt down with pregnant women and children slaughtered in the process. As she spoke, what started as one woman wailing uncontrollably in the back became a wave that spread across the room and Everyone (including Funke Akindele, Ufuoma Ejenobor, Tara Durotoye, Nike Adeyemi, Mary Alibaba among others) began to cry and pour their hearts to God for the blood that was being shed across our nation.

There really wasn’t a place to hide our emotions this wasn’t the news or a blog post. This was OUR sister.., standing before you in flesh and blood .. Uttering truth we had mastered the art of turning a blind eye to. There were no blind eyes in the room. There wasn’t one dry eye either. Reality came and stared us right in the face.”