Kathleen Kennedy Quotes

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 the goal is parity: I try to be pro-woman without being anti-man, and I hope and wish that men could do the same in that when they look at the screenplay, they say, 'Wait, wait, wait - is my daughter represented here, is my wife represented here? Is my sister represented?'

In 'The Force Awakens,' women as well as men are in positions of authority. And you don't have to work hard to do that - it's not a statement, it's the world.

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.

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.

Gender equality has a transformative effect that is essential to fully functioning communities, societies, and economies.

An MP is an MP whether male or female.

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

I don't only cater a film to the male audience but also the female audience.

Eventbrite is 50-50 male-female, and this has been accomplished organically.

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

If you look around Booking.com, it's a very gender-balanced company.

There was never any doubt in our minds that men and women were equal, if not more so.

I am still fully committed to male-female equality.

I believe in gender equality and I love that I can represent strong modern-day women.

I don't buy this premise that the number of minifigures needs to be an equal amount to be gender neutral. Nobody makes artistic products like that; nobody makes a movie and says there has to be equal numbers of men and women.

I had both male and female heroes.

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

In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.

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.

Research conducted throughout the world shows gender balance in top positions contributes to improved competitiveness and better business performance.

Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point.

Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They're human roles rather than specifically men or women. I've never been as hooked into that as a lot of women are, you know, like, 'There aren't enough roles for women.' There aren't necessarily a lot of good roles for anybody.

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.