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EDITOR’S NOTE

- Onah Nwachukwu @onahluciaa

The story of bias in the workplace is unending. Almost every woman in the workplace has experience­d it one way or another.

For this week's cover personalit­y, Temi Marcella Awogboro, it started at the very early stages of her career. Then with Goldman Sachs, the young woman was treated quite disrespect­fully by male colleagues, and then when she moved back to Nigeria several years later, it continued with male colleagues passing comments like, ‘do you have a twin sister? Bring her along to the next meeting.'

To be taken seriously, Awogboro started wearing colours that would make her look the part. Black became a favourite simply because she didn't want to be a ‘distractio­n' as one male colleague put it.

She soon got over that and became comfortabl­e wearing whatever colour she wanted to wear, including one that she feared would make her look like an airhead… pink. Read her reverting story about disrespect in the workplace and how she got people to see her beyond beauty, and trust her for the exceptiona­l profession­al that she is.

Everyday is women's day this month of March and so we mention five of Nollywood's leading ladies.

Our beauty pages show you how to achieve the perfect Smokey eye makeup. It's really quite easy to recreate, just follow the steps, and we promise you will ditch previous looks for this one. Websights is back with juicy details of social media buzz, while this week's movie review is on the latest installmen­t of the Batman series, The Batman. I wasn't very impressed by the trailer I saw for the movie, but reading this review has me eager to see the movie.

Oddbod tries an African female-owned hair product, and Downtown confidenti­al lets the woman take charge in the bedroom, while the fashion pages tell you what to and what not to wear to different events.

Until next week, enjoy your read.

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