GZERO celebrates International Women's Day

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On International Women's Day, we’re proud to showcase just a few of the exceptional women we’ve interviewed on “GZERO World with Ian Bremmer,” our weekly program on US public television. The accomplishments of these remarkable women have made them role models globally. Click to watch our interviews with:

  • Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist and women's rights activist, known for her campaign against the Iranian government
  • Jennifer Granholm, the former Governor of Michigan and current US Secretary of Energy
  • Alina Polyakova, a political scientist and foreign policy expert
  • Nikole Hannah-Jones, a journalist and author who led the 1619 Project
  • Jean Lee, a journalist who extensively covered North Korea and currently serves as the director of the Korea Program at the Wilson Center
  • Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a Belarusian politician and human rights activist who challenged the authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in the 2020 presidential election.
  • Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka, a South African politician and women's rights advocate and former Executive Director of UN Women
  • Nancy Mace, the first woman to graduate from The Citadel military college and a Republican congresswoman from South Carolina
  • Christine Lagarde, a French lawyer and politician who is currently serving as the President of the European Central Bank
  • Maria Ressa, a Filipino-American journalist and CEO of the news website Rappler, known for her coverage of press freedom and the Philippine government's war on drugs
  • Kaja Kallas, Estonia's popular centre-right prime minister, who won a sweeping election victory, receiving more personal votes than any politician in the country's history

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