Quotes About Progress

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

Over the last 10 years, women have stalled out at the top.

In truth we need to change the society itself, men as well as women, to change everything.

I'm looking for things that are really connected - education, both in the developing world and at home. The way that that affects communities and, in particular, women.

We're following the evolution of tennis. On the women's side, there has been a very positive change, with the arrival of many new stars.

I am passionate about women's empowerment and women's ways.

You cannot have an advanced economy while holding women back from the workplace.

The problem in our community is not the women - I mean, they've done all they can do.

You can't ask the women to do anymore. It's time for us as Black men to step up and be what we're supposed to be.

Lots of women are getting involved. They're not satisfied just being passengers anymore.

For a people is only as great, as free, as lofty, as advanced as its women are free, noble and progressive.

The women's movement hit my neighborhood like a freight train. Everybody got divorced. You wonder what would have happened to women if the suburbs hadn't been built.

My timing in life has been extraordinary. I've ridden the crest of the wave of the women's movement.

The truth is women in the workplace don't have to fight nearly as hard for opportunities, or to dispel stereotypes, as they did before.

As women become more educated and confident, they can start adding their voice.

The fashion industry at large has been the worst public relations vehicle for larger women and petite women, they are both maligned and neglected. And I honestly do believe it's getting better.

A lot of professions happen to be male-dominated because women drop out at a certain point. It's unfortunate.

It is good to see two women from Britain's minority ethnic communities fighting in seats that Labour won at the last election.

I think that in a country as successful as ours, we still have a long way to go in terms of parity for women, whether it's equal pay in the workforce or a whole host of other issues.

I just hope this [Emmy] is now a part of the status quo that women of color are included in the narratives that continue to write lead roles for us.

My wife's income allowed me to do what I really loved. I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.

Our focus on discrimination against women during the past 30 years has blinded us to opportunities for women.

Technology is one of the key drivers of female economic empowerment, but the fields that women choose to participate in are still decidedly gendered.

So women just seized the opportunity.