Maggie Hassan Quotes

Men need to hire more women and put them in higher positions of power within organizations.

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.

There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players.

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.

There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.

The image of the unions is still not in tune with where we actually are, which is fifty-fifty men and women, with an increasing number of women at the top. I think it is changing, but I'm not complacent about this.

Politics need to stop treating women as a special-interest group.

We've got to get women to sit at the table.

With more women in power, the world would be better off.

The More women at work, the sooner we win!

The creation of a peaceful and sustainable world civilization will be impossible without the full participation of women in every arena of human activity.36 While this proposition is increasingly supported, there is a marked difference between intellectual acceptance and its implementation.

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.

You just sort of get used to being one of the only women on set, so it's really refreshing to start to enter a time when that's not the case anymore.

That's something I've been conscious of and want to make true in all jobs I do. It's important we have women at the front and centre.

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.

The culture of tech companies cannot change if women aren't in the room.

Decisions just look different with women at the table. We still have a long way to go. The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

I'm a pragmatist. I think, as a woman, you have to be more careful. You have to be more communal, you have to say yes to more things than men, you have to worry about things that men don't have to worry about. But once we get enough women into leadership, we can break stereotypes down. If you lead, you get to decide.

As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.

Women leading big corporations or assuming various important social and political roles is still considered newsworthy, which clearly shows the need to further support and enhance the role of women in society.

You know, right now, they say - I don't know who says this, but somebody told me - there's three male roles to every female role. And I guess I'd work on evening that up. Making great roles for women. It's just such a huge challenge.

Comedy is just one of the many professions that women are taking over.

Boards without women - blacklist those suckers. It's 2011. They've had the time - it's significant that they don't have women.

Every company I know is looking for more women at the table. Every board is looking for more women at the table. There's a reason why men want to understand the challenges women face, address them, because then they're going to be better hirers, attracters and retainers of women.

When women succeed, America succeeds.