 And in the wake of the International Women and Gender Balance Week, women have been charged to reorganize themselves, share success, stories, and support one another for growth and improvement. This was the highlight of speakers including performance strategist Dr Abiola Salami at an event put together by Price Water Coppers, PWC, to promote women. It was tagged Inclusion Matters. Details in this report. Imagine a gender equal world, free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. All these take center stage here as women gather to get inspired as they are equally celebrated. To celebrate women, PWC brings together this panel of speakers to share insights with the people on women at work defining and achieving their future. Performance strategist Dr Abiola Salami says women must take personal responsibility for their growth. Build competences, share their success stories, to inspire others. Omotolani Tayo Shikoya, popularly known as Shafti, inspires the women present from her diary of a kitchen lover. I believe that the peak performing woman is a catalyst for social economy growth. And if we really want to solve the poverty problem, if we really want to solve a lot of the social issues we have, empowering women, positioning them for opportunities would help us scale as a country, as a continent, whether there is anything else that we can do. So the future is bright and it's for every one of us to start to take personal responsibility for our growth. So it is within us as ladies and we should take conscious efforts to try and encourage each other as women, never try to put down any woman beside you, any woman behind you, anyone on top of you, never try to look down any woman because trust me, one bad one from my fellow sister can break me for life. Other speakers include in the Commissioner for Commerce, Corporatives, Trade and Investment in Lagos, for Lacha de Ambrus-Medibem, and founder of House of Tara, Tara Feladrutoye, among others, torch on areas of confidence as a big part of inclusion for women beyond the workplace. Women have been socialized to be quiet and unfortunately so when I sit in a meeting, generally in my organization, I find that the men are more likely to respond when you ask a question, when you need intervention, when you need remarks and contribution. Over time, because of that experience, it became clear to me that I needed to stick up. And so what I realized is that I'm sure you've all heard of me and they have a free template and a workshop and slides which I've used and used it as becoming an advocate. And what I found with that is when I started to speak up and challenge the status quo, do you understand? Because sometimes they just don't know. So challenge the status quo, do you understand? Like she just said, speak up, toot your horn, do you understand? And I'm sure once you start to do that, you'll inspire others. You know, that was if I feel early, you know, I learned the lesson so that I'm not now on the elevator and I'm feeling the crash would be close up, you know. So even when the failure comes, it's a learning. In an interview, Dr. Salami says every woman must go out of her way to drive the conversation on inclusion and never allow what anyone says to limit her possibilities. And so all we can start to do regarding that, you know, is for each woman to be part of the solution and not part of the problem. So as a woman watching this, go out of your way to support other women. As a man, even watching this as well, go out of your way to support women. And the more we support without any expectation of personal gain, the more we continue to build trust in our society and the more we have a truly inclusive society. The consensus here is that while stronger workplace inclusion undoubtedly presents opportunities to empower women to lean into their career advancement and development, it also provides clear benefits for the employers.