 As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the International Women's Day, stakeholders have been charged to continue to speak out against all cultural restrictions and stereotypes against women and girls. This call was made by the wife of the Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ebi Joukesson-Won-Lu at an occasion to mark the celebration. Plus, even these correspondents love Ikuku Uedo, who tells us more in this report. Here are women of all ages, class, colors and creed, celebrating the 2023 International Women's Day. The day is aimed at espousing the ideals of women and reiterating the need for the rights of women to be respected and protected. Society has raised the standards higher for women than for the other gender. So when a man does wrong, society would overlook it, but if it's a woman, the society behaves as safe, the women are supposed to be super normal. Women are very, very special. Without us, there's no society. Without us, there's no continuity, because it is true that the world continues. And today we have met a lot of beautiful women who have done great things in their profession and we are really, really proud of them. Speaking at the event, themed digital innovation and technology for gender equality, wife of Lagos State Governor Dr. Ibidyu Kesson-Won-Lu noted that it cannot be sustainable development without proactive and deliberate policies and systems to empower women. In Lagos State, especially in the executive council, we have women in places of the hems of our face. We have women in the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty and Innovation. We have a woman heading, Ministry of World Creation. We have a woman heading, and I say when it comes to works and infrastructure, we have the women, like the ones we saw as LSATF. The event was put together by Toyosi Akireli, the founder of Rise Network. She strongly holds that women have come a long way technology-wise and are worth celebrating. Just see the role that young people, young women, are playing in the democratization of the knowledge and the access of technology in the last couple of years. And I'm not talking about, you know, software or hardware technology now, I'm speaking to advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, I'm talking about data science, data analytics, machine learning. These are, I mean, these spaces are the spaces that are generating the highest quality of employment around the world. Young women are practically dominating that space, Nigerians are innovating, creating jobs, Nigerians are creating products. Many things happen day-to-day, life happens, day-to-day struggles and so on, but this kind of day enables us to sit back and focus and say, are we still on path, do we need to do more, what have we done and so on. So really, I think it's a wonderful opportunity for us to reflect on forward. The International Women's Day is celebrated every year on March 8th and is a focal point on women's rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights and violence and abuse against women. Love you, Kukuku Uyedukun, plus TV News. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.