Molly Qerim Quotes

I have no fears that on a purely merit basis, we will have an embarrassment of riches from which to choose in order to reach gender parity.

I was very proud, on just my second day in office, to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet - one of only three in the developed world.

Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the success of any international event.

I think there's so many points of view that you want to make sure your stories are being told from men and women... you get all of the different backgrounds. You don't want every story being told from the same point of view. So just for better storytelling, I'm like, 'Yes, please, bring some more ladies on.'

People at agencies and studios, including the parent boards, might look around the table at the decision-making level and feel something is wrong if half their participants are not women. Because our tastes are different, what we value is different. Not better, different.

I would like there to be gender equity. I would like the Broadway season to reflect sort of the demographic of the country.

Accenture has long been a champion of inclusion and diversity and, specifically, gender balance at every level of our organization, including our board of directors.

Obviously, there needs to be parity. I think as more women get to the top, we need to make sure that is the case. It is our responsibility.

Almost everybody agrees that the Academy has to become more diverse. Even the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences knows this, which is why, in 2013, it announced it would extend its membership quotas in an attempt to bring more women and minorities into the organization.

I don't look at life in terms of checking the boxes, making sure you have enough women here and enough men there.

I think it's really important that women are represented in the media, and diverse women as well.

The gender parity is something that has been organic to Eventbrite since we started building a team.

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.

I think a balanced team of men and women makes better decisions. That's one of the reasons why I was prepared to run for deputy leader.

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

In terms of having the American people look at the court and think of it as being fair and appropriate for our nation, it helps to have women, plural, on the court.

I do not want to be the angel of any home: I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality. After that is secured, then men and women can take turns being angels.

Hopefully I'm a role model for positive change for everyone - not just women. It's very important to find balance between men and women.

I do find that when I see women who flesh out the television or film world and make it look more like the world I actually live in, I gravitate towards those characters.

As somebody who has been an executive producer on a television series, I can tell you that increasing director diversity is as simple as hiring more women and more people of color.

We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.

The lack of diversity, specifically in genre films and the superheroes our kids grow up watching and emulating, they can't really identify with. When you see the same thing, over and over again, and it seems not to speak of you and your heritage and your culture, it leaves you out of this world a little bit.

Half of my employees are women.

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.

The business world needs the best talent from both genders to compete in an ever-changing environment and drive innovation.