Jo Swinson Quotes

I think companies need to take more ownership over the gender gap themselves because if everybody does that, then overall, it will improve.

Half of my employees are women.

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.

Women usually don't want to work as hard as a man.

I’m sure there are plenty of high-level positions available for qualified women in your department. And I am sure that there are many women already on your payroll who have been waiting for promotions for a long time. So go back to your departments and see what you can do. Then report to me next Friday how many you’ve placed.

We need more enlightened women in senior ranks, and we have to insist that companies are more diverse.

If we are to maintain a relevant and just industry, we must all open our eyes to the obvious lack of equality in wages, representation, and access.

I am very proud that Accenture is among corporate champions to be honored by the Women's Forum of New York for our mutual commitment to making a difference.

We want the next generation of products being innovated to reflect our users. And when women are not part of the equation, we won't have products that reflect the unique needs and opportunities across our society.

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

Radical feminists have been making the pitch that justice demands that men and women be given an equal opportunity to make it to the top in the workplace.

For me, diversity whether you think of it as race or gender, it's not a trend, it's a human movement, it's a human feeling, it's a human desire.

America's corporations learned long ago that equality is just good business and is the right thing to do.

Companies have greater responsibility to their team members and to the world these days. We're the ones with the power. Large employers are the ones that can move the needle on issues.

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

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

As minister for business and minister for women and equalities, it is clear to me that promoting equality of opportunity simply makes good business sense.

CEOs must go beyond working with policy-makers on new regulatory frameworks. They must also commit to the principle that success cannot be measured by profitability and growth alone.

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

I think that the more that we can show onscreen men and women working together side by side with respect for one another, I think that that's a good message for us to be spreading.

I'm aware that beyond my own need to find a personal balance, I should be sending a signal to society as women's minister about the importance of work-life balance.

I don't believe in quotas for quotas sake, but I think companies without any women on their boards should write to their shareholders and explain why - explain how many women they've interviewed, why they haven't taken anybody on.

To address what seems like an endless cycle of gender inequity in media, I believe we need to think beyond what our industry has already tried to do through mentorships and internships. We need to stop talking and start moving the needle, and one solution is to simply give women jobs.

I don't have a gender thesis. I am truly optimizing for the right person for the task, whether that means running a company or working on my team.

The power lunch is no longer just for men. We all deserve a seat at the table.