Cecile Richards Quotes

Before I leave this Earth, I would like to know they have given women the same benefits and promotions as men.

Women are not the richer sex. Women are not equal in society.

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor decisions reflect, in my view, that our society has worked very hard to improve the workaday world, to open doors to workers confronted by powerful employers and for women facing harassment and stereotypes.

I think how pay gets determined is pretty broad - experience, how people look, what they bring to the job. But there's no question women are paid less. Women don't ask.

I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my opinion, some in more extreme ways than others.

But I think it would be irresponsible for me not to say what I really believe in my heart to be true - that there are some serious inequities that we face as women and that we can work to address these inequities.

I do think we have a long way to go in terms of the culture around women still being career women, and asking a woman about her career and her work, just seeing them as fully validated human beings in the workplace.

Overall, women are a lot more fun to work with than a bunch of men.

Despite the fact that feminists say they're not getting a fair deal, women are still very powerful.

Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.

I have worked steadily since I started, but things are very hard for women and need to change.

I have tried to be a leader. I have tried in my role of being one of the first women at Google, let alone the first woman to have a baby, to really try to set the tone that this is a great place to work for diversity reasons.

The More women at work, the sooner we win!

It is a fight between those who are convinced that women are not qualified to be judges – you’ll hear a hundred justifications for this – and the few that are enlightened, convinced that women can be judges. But they are powerless.

It was seldom suggested that women’s drudgery could be decreased in the meantime by the simple expedient of sharing it with men.

Companies must put infrastructure in place to support their female employees and ensure that they receive the benefits of male and female leadership.

Women are capable of accomplishing just as much as men are but aren't always given the same attention and opportunity.

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.

As a man, it is true that I will never know what it is like to be a woman. As an organizational psychologist, though, I feel a responsibility to bring evidence to bear on dynamics of work life that affect all of us, not only half of us.

Women need to double and triple men to demonstrate their experience and qualifications.

The pay gap is a myth, and the pay gap is something that the White House used in 2012 to get Barack Obama elected. It's something obviously that Terry McAuliffe used to get himself elected, and it plays on this idea that women are somehow discriminated against in the workplace and that they're not paid the same amount as men.

The State House is notorious for its crazy, unpredictable work hours - it's a big reason why women are deterred from entering the legislature at all levels, and especially in leadership.

I've been speaking out about harassment and gender disparity for years.

I never understood why women wanted equality in the workplace when in fact, that would be selling them short.

We must use our seat at the table to be a voice every day for women and girls across the country who often do not have the same opportunity to have their voices heard. This means advocating for childcare and paid family leave, as first daughter Ivanka Trump has championed in this administration.