 And moving on in the news, women have been charged to leave the comfort zones and make their voices be heard, no matter the challenges. This charge was given by the investigator behind the scene, Dr. Florence Moeke, while speaking after an inception meeting of the project out in Lagos. Plosive correspondent Lovie Kugui-Duckland has a small industry report. It is an inception meeting behind the scenes. Young women and gender-based inequities in African sector. The research is targeted at how young women are treated in the creative sector, their challenges and opportunities that are bound in that sector. In her opening remarks, the Permanent Secretary, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Lagos State, or Lovie Kugui-Duckland, described the initiative as vital to the promotion of culture and tourism in Lagos State and Nigeria as a whole. This initiative, it's a way of striking a balance. Like our governor's themes plus agenda that includes women, gender equality is striking a balance. We should come out and make our voices heard, not with fright, not with anger, but let us talk, give us time to talk. According to Dr. Florence Moeke of the Creative Arts Department, University of Lagos, the project which is in collaboration with the International Center for Research on Women aims at identifying ways of helping and empowering these women to drive. As a project targeted at looking at how young women are being treated in the creative sector, what are the challenges they're facing? What are the opportunities that are bound in the creative sector? Like we're writing about several opportunities are bound in the creative sector that is leading the development of our economy. So, how are women pitting into this scheme of things without being marginalized, without them facing a kind of injustice? These are the ways we're really going to research into. Dr. Michael Kuneji of Sociology Department, University of Lagos, ran participants through different sessions on what the research project entails, as well as expectations from them. Sometimes researchers have findings that they cannot fully make sense of and it is for that reason that it's important that you have those who are most affected by what you're studying to be part of it so that they can help you make sense, understand the implications of those findings. So, we want these to go beyond just a textbook or a researcher's understanding of the issues. We want influence from people within the sector. The forum also offers some of these young ladies to showcase their talents. The project team is expected to gather data from a range of key industry players, particularly young female creatives using a co-generative gender perspective. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.