The best tweets from yesterday's @fpinterrupted and @NewAmericaNYC "Where are the Women in Foreign Policy" talk

Main Takeaways frm tonight's #NANYC on #Women: Be Confident, Own an Issue, Take Active Measures, "Don't Let Perfection Be the Enemy of Good"

— Kariela Almonte (@KarieAlmont) February 3, 2015

Advice on getting into the convo: own a topic & specialize it; have something to say. - @djrothkopf at @fpinterrupted @NewAmericaNYC #nanyc

— jen peirce (@jenpeirce) February 3, 2015

"#Women constantly hold themselves to a higher level of certainty before lending their voices." - @LaurenBohn, @fpinterrupted #NANYC

— Anna Therese Day (@ATDLive) February 3, 2015

Be BOLD, ladies, says @djrothkopf "Own something. Be something... Find something that's your own and get it out there" @fpinterrupted

— Mishelle Shmulovich (@MShmulovich) February 3, 2015

.@LaurenBohn: How do we hold women to being specialists who are confident, but without imposing the sole burden of doing it alone? #NANYC

— Tyler S. Bugg (@tsbugg) February 3, 2015

.@finneyk: More women will get into policy if more people do the work to get them in front of editors, producers, etc. #NANYC @fpinterrupted

— New America NYC (@NewAmericaNYC) February 2, 2015

.@djrothkopf: You can't cover the world unless those writing about it look like it. This is an equity issue. #NANYC @fpinterrupted

— New America NYC (@NewAmericaNYC) February 2, 2015

Half the employees and senior management at @ForeignPolicy are women, on purpose, says @djrothkopf. #NANYC @fpinterrupted

— New America NYC (@NewAmericaNYC) February 2, 2015

Leadership is key to ensuring more women step up as authorities in media & are viewed as such @finneyk @NewAmericaNYC pic.twitter.com/luilDyAYNV

— Yasmeen SM (@wellthenjones) February 3, 2015

No more excuses frm news producers! Can't find the #women? @fpinterrupted aggregating/curating women foreign policy writers every wk. #NANYC

— Peace is Loud (@peaceisloud) February 3, 2015