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What i'm pushing forward or hoping in the future is that it's notjust a trend, it's notjust something that is happening right now. and in orderfor it to not be a trend, the people in the background who are doing the actual work, they have to be diverse as well. rawdah mohamed, it's been a pleasure having you on hardtalk. thank you very much indeed. thank you for having me. hello there. we're finally going to see some changes to the weather this week and into next week things look quite different. but in the short term we are ending the week on a similar note with this area of high pressure con...

With alcohol advertising. i'm a fashion editor, so what i do is in fashion, and the subjects that i want to focus on. now, what are the ads the magazine has, that is for my editor in chief to decide. all right. if i go to a restaurant, i want to eat fish because i don't want to eat pork. but that doesn't mean i can go to the restaurant and ban them from selling alcohol. ok, you made that clear. so you want to make fashion more inclusive. what do you mean by that? imean, is... fashion now has... they have worked to having diversity, but the further, the next step would be inclusivity. and that ...

Are actually valued and are able to voice their opinion and have influential voice in fashion and also being in the process of making the decisions that matter, and notjust tokenism. they have black models going the runway and asians, but then no—one in the creative work that are from a diverse background. but you also say that you want to use your platform to overturn deeply—rooted stereotypes, in particular about muslim women. so how are you going to go about that? how are you going to achieve that particular part of your mission? it's having all these engaging debates with the people wh...

That the process needs to stop now and we self—celebrate and be finished with the work. there are a lot of diversity in fashion right now, but what we're pushing forward is inclusivity where our voices matter and we're not just some tokenism. we look good on the runway but no—one is really listening to us or is willing to do the advertising so that it resonates with the muslim or black or, you know, any ethnic minority background. what i'm pushing forward or hoping in the future is that it's notjust a trend, it's notjust something that is happening right now. and in orderfor it to not be a...

In chief to decide. all right. if i go to a restaurant, i want to eat fish because i don't want to eat pork. but that doesn't mean i can go to the restaurant and ban them from selling alcohol. ok, you made that clear. so, you want to make fashion more inclusive. what do you mean by that? imean, is... fashion now has... they have worked to having diversity, but the further, the next step would be inclusivity. and that means having work environments where people from different backgrounds are actually valued and are able to voice their opinion and have influential voice in fashion and also being...