GIRLFRIEND OF THE MONTH!!!

Our girlfriend of the month is Imoh Iniakpaniko, the president of Divas Defined organization. Imoh is a life coach and a profound speaker, whose passion is to help females uplift themselves and radiate God’s given gift in them. Her vision to create Divas’ Defined began with the birth of her son in her single status.

The pain, rejection, denial, and resentment experienced during the initial stage of her son’s birth gave light to the disconcerting circumstances surrounding single mothers. Thankfully, Imoh had the support of her family members and this enabled her to see the need to revive the inner strength in women who have been demeaned either by rape, unexpected pregnancy, divorce, and abusive relationships.

Divas Defined is a social enterprise with a network of agencies and initiatives which focuses on personal development in people with emphasis on females. Its aim is to encourage, enhance and empower them to succeed in all life’s endeavour. Divas’ Defined has grown in response to the cry of emotionally drained women who have grown up to believe the norm of a negative life due to the negative experiences in their past. A growing number of young women and girls who are either experiencing difficulty progressing to adulthood or are already entangled in the trauma of sexual exploitation, abuse and trafficking should be enlightened on how the negative consequence of these experiences can affect their lives and they should be taught how to come out of these dramatic and troubling situations.

The goal of these programmes are to identify with young women who have gone or are going through a turbulent transition to adulthood, manage traumas of abuse, and offer positive support systems to avoid the pitfalls that can derail their lives. The focus is slightly different at each level but the goal remains the same: to encourage, enhance and empower women in many ways, to improve their mental capacity, which will foster a positive change in their lives.

Divas Defined presently focuses primarily on secondary school girls and secondarily on higher institution ladies to the working class woman. The secondary school age group is already known to be particularly problematic thus making this time perfect for effective interaction and mentoring. Their projects include creating awareness about abuse- (its effects and causes), holding conferences and programmes to enlighten women on the beauty within them, their strengths and virtues, and mentoring via social platforms such as Facebook and twitter; where ladies can relate with their role models and possibly receive solutions to some problems that affect them.

For more info on Divas Defined, visit their website http://www.divasdefined.org  or send them an email: divasdefined@gmail.com; divashelp@divasdefined.org

Address: Suite H167-H168 Ikota Shopping Complex VGC, Ajah, Lagos.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DivasDefined

Twitter: @divasdefined