WATCH: @courtenay_brown, @SophiaCai99 and @emayhawk host conversations about achieving gender equality on International Women's Day, featuring @GermanAmbUSA Emily Haber, Hawaii Senator @maziehirono & @pbs @newshour co-anchor @IAmAmnaNawaz #AxiosEvents
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@Courtenay_Brown @SophiaCai99 @emayhawk @GermanAmbUSA @maziehirono @PBS @NewsHour @IAmAmnaNawaz .@maziehirono on what compelled her to confront Trump: “The moment is when you decide that you're going to use your voice. I hate bullies, and you have to stand up to bullies. Pretty early on in the Trump presidency it was pretty clear to me that this was a bully.”
@Courtenay_Brown @SophiaCai99 @emayhawk @GermanAmbUSA @maziehirono @PBS @NewsHour @IAmAmnaNawaz .@maziehirono on advocating for diversity in Biden administration leadership selections: “Representation matters...we did make it very clear to President Biden that we'd like to see a lot more representation by women and minority women in the cabinet.”
@Courtenay_Brown @SophiaCai99 @emayhawk @GermanAmbUSA @maziehirono @PBS @NewsHour @IAmAmnaNawaz .@IAmAmnaNawaz on how being a woman and mother informs her work as a journalist: “When I show up at work I'm there with my full self, and that’s not to say it influences how I report, but it absolutely informs how I do my job.”
@Courtenay_Brown @SophiaCai99 @emayhawk @GermanAmbUSA @maziehirono @PBS @NewsHour @IAmAmnaNawaz .@GermanAmbUSA Emily Haber: “Working against discrimination of women, or of other groups, is not a women’s business, it’s the business of society at large. It’s the business of each and every one of us.”
.@pbs @newshour co-anchor @IAmAmnaNawaz on her approach to journalism:
“I am always thinking about who's not in the room, who's not here to ask questions, who am I asking questions and seeking answers on behalf of?”
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