Women, Power and Politics: An Evening With Maria Hinojosa
Tuesday, October 27, 7:00 PM @ Starz FilmCenter
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Women, Power and Politics: An Evening With Maria Hinojosa
Happening: Tuesday, October 27, 7:00 PM
Duration: 120 Minutes
Venue: Starz FilmCenter
In partnership with Rocky Mountain PBS
Join PBS Journalist Maria Hinojosa as she explores the question of what it means to be a woman in power.
Given the hoopla surrounding Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton's historical political ascendance, why does the U.S. rank only 69th in the world in percentage of women holding political positions? In her new one-hour special, Maria Hinojosa talks to women leaders around the world and here in the United States for an intimate look at the high-stakes risks, triumphs, and setbacks for women leaders of today and tomorrow.
Among these women are President Michelle Bachelet of Chile, the first woman leader in Latin America who did not have a husband precede her as President, and former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen, now in a tight race for a seat in the U.S. Senate.
Hinojosa also travels to Rwanda, where, 14 years after a horrific massacre left nearly one million people dead, women make up nearly half of parliament; and to Manhattan, where ambitious high school girls are competing in a high-stakes debate tournament.
ABOUT MARIA HINOJOSA
Award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa has been NOW’s senior correspondent since August 2005, taking on issues such as the child marriage, families in crisis, women and power, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the plight of guest workers. Before NOW, Hinojosa was CNN urban-affairs correspondent and also spent six years at National Public Radio as a New York-based general assignment correspondent. She continues her affiliation with NPR, where she is the anchor and managing editor of Latino USA. In 2008 the National Association of Hispanic Journalists gave her their highest honor, the Leadership Award. On October 1 of this year, Maria Hinojosa was the mistress of ceremonies at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute awards gala, and President Obama gave a speech at the event.