Harriet Harman Quotes

Too often the desire for peace has been expressed by women while the stewardship of the mechanisms which are used to attempt to secure peace in the short and medium term are dominated by male decision-making structures and informal arrangements. This must change.

Boards without women - blacklist those suckers. It's 2011. They've had the time - it's significant that they don't have women.

There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players.

I look forward to the day when half our homes are run by men and half our companies and institutions are run by women. When that happens, it won't just mean happier women and families; it will mean more successful businesses and better lives for us all.

The Labour party has done more than any other to address gender inequalities, through legislation and other means, and to increase women's representation in politics, which has led to recent increases in the number of female politicians.

Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.

The pope is an intelligent man and realizes that time marches on. He says the Church has a long way to go in developing a real strategy that integrates women - but clearly he is baffled as to how to do it.

I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have a men-only leadership.

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there.

The image of the unions is still not in tune with where we actually are, which is fifty-fifty men and women, with an increasing number of women at the top. I think it is changing, but I'm not complacent about this.

Men need to hire more women and put them in higher positions of power within organizations.

That's something I've been conscious of and want to make true in all jobs I do. It's important we have women at the front and centre.

I would like to think that there are more women in positions of power, to actually get these projects off the ground that are more balanced, where the story is about men and women.

We are in a world where men and women are on the same platform.

Great women, in partnership with great men, will continue to take us forward.

I've come to realize that, basically all my bosses and supervisors throughout my career have been male. And I've had great experiences, but it's made me appreciate the importance of diversity and inclusion.

No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential.

It is my belief that there is a greater understanding than ever that women need to be equal participants in our homes, in our societies, in our governments, and in our workplaces.

I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more equality.

Especially in this industry, women challenge men much more now because we're saying, 'We can do it, too.'

It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too.

We can celebrate how far we've come from our sexist past when women and men are equally represented in the pages of science fiction anthologies.

In particular, I want to set a challenge to public bodies and private companies to improve gender balance on their own boards.

I believe if we had half our companies and half our countries run by women, and half our homes run by men, things would be better. We know our companies would be more productive. If you use the full talents of the population, you're more productive. We know our homes would be happier.

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.