“To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It’s about stimulating them. It’s about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve – and to do that with a purpose.” Christine Lagarde is a consistent face of French politics, having held various positions in the Government of France including the Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industry until 2011. Since late 2019,…
“Freedom and confidence are two different things, in my book. Confidence is overrated – it can be faked, whereas freedom is fearlessness.” Emily Weiss is the founder and current CEO of the beauty company, Glossier. Founded in 2014, Glossier has expanded its social and online name, while also opening stores in popular locations, including New York City. After graduating from…
“Today when I think about diversity, I actually think about the word ‘inclusion.’ And I think this is a time of great inclusion. It’s not men, it’s not women alone. Whether it’s geographic, it’s approach, it’s your style, it’s your way of learning, the way you want to contribute, it’s your age – it is really broad.” Ginni Rometty served…
“Culture for me is when you sing or dance, when you have theatre, when you read a book, a beautiful poem. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Shakespeare who wrote it or whether it is an African poet – it is communicating with all of us, regardless of who you are, your color, your social structure.” Graça Machel is a politician…
“I am drawn to stories that I feel allow us a window into worlds we normally don’t have access to and give voice to characters that we tend to look away from as a society.” Kerry Washington is an American actress, known for her role as Olivia Pope in Scandal, a television series on the ABC network. She also has…
“We are striking because we have done our homework, and they have not.” Greta Thunberg at the age of 17 has already created a global name for herself. Her videos and speeches, advocating and raising awareness for the changing environment and its concerns, have been broadcasted across various platforms. In 2018 she addressed the United Nations Climate Change Conference and…
“I think I’ve made the sight of a woman in a position of authority not so odd. I feel an interest in young girls in baseball, I feel an interest in college-age women interested in going into sports in the near future. I think I’ve made it not as different, not as out of the ordinary and in some ways…
“I’ve never allowed being a woman or an African-American to determine my future. I don’t walk into rooms saying ‘Oh my God, I’m the only one here who’s a woman; I’m the only one here who’s a person of color.’ I don’t have time for that.” Michele Roberts is one of the current heads of the National Basketball Players Association,…
“I said, ‘Well, a scientist is someone that helps people’, and it’s funny because half of the class wanted to be super heroes but I wanted to be a scientist.” Irish Times Nora Khaldi is the founder and current CSO of the company, Nuritas. She is a renowned mathematician while also having received her PHD in Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics.…
“Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.” Late Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a current Supreme Court Justice, after being appointed by Bill Clinton in August of 1993. She is one of four female justices in history who have been appointed to partake in the court. She has spent…
