Rutger Bregman Quotes

Family-supportive policies, which enable women to remain and progress in paid employment and encourage men to take their fair share of care work, are crucial to achieving gender equality at work.

All women should have the ability to get ahead with hard work, be treated fairly in the workplace, and live free from fear.

The issue of women in the workplace is not a women's issue: it's an economic problem.

We found that when people put this issue on the table, it turns out that men acknowledge the issue, and employers and employees can work out solutions just as working mothers do.

There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work.

As a major economic force worldwide, India and Indian companies have the opportunity to set the standards in Asia in terms of women's right to decent work.

The man who didn't want his wife to work has been succeeded by the man who asks about her chances of getting a raise.

Equality of the sexes is promoted in societal activity and working life, especially in the determination of pay and the other terms of employment.

This is the first generation where, to any extent, men and women are working together as equals.

If you look at the workforce and the way our laws work around so many issues, it's as if women are supposed to retrofit themselves into a workplace that was never created for them.

We want to take our activism and our power into action and change things for every woman, everywhere, working in any workplace.

We will not achieve gender equality in the workplace until we fix our system of parental leave.

Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.

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.

We have a large pool of talented and educated women, and yet workplaces haven't necessarily changed to accommodate the reality of their lives.

We still have tremendous work ahead of us to ensure that women have equal opportunities in the workplace and in our society.

Avon is a unique place to work; we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other company; 46 percent of our officers are women.

'Job Killer.' Those are the two words you are most likely to hear uttered by most American CEOs when confronted with proposals to enact family-friendly work policies.

I'm proud to be Secretary of Labor. But I'm even prouder of two more important titles: dad and husband. I've been able to be all three. I want all working people, no matter what their jobs are, to be able to meet their obligations both at work and at home.

A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship - and you know what, a father does, too. It's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a 'Mad Men' episode.

If tomorrow all of America were to become paternalistic, we would beat the Japanese every day of the week. I think that the concept of accusing someone of running a paternalistic company, that's not an accusation. One should compliment someone on that.

The More women at work, the sooner we win!

Perhaps the major challenge during my time in office was getting employers to understand how much more needed to be done to give women their fair share of employment opportunities.

Employing more women at all levels of a company, from new hires to senior leaders, creates a virtuous cycle. Companies become more attuned to the needs of their female employees, improving workplace culture while lowering attrition.

There are certainly a lot of things that still need to change when it comes to women in the workforce.