In her opening remarks to kick off the evening’s discussions, Pallante said, “I would like to share a quote from one of my heroes, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who sits on the Supreme Court in the United States. ‘Women belong in all places where decisions are being made … It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.’
One outcome of the dinner was an affirmation that there’s a strong community of women influencing the future of book publishing, and bringing some of those women together made this community more tangible.
Another result: consensus that the book industry needs more women in leadership roles..
The dinner was a one such step, said Bodour, who is the founding president of the Emirates Publishers Association. “The global publishing industry boasts a lot of brilliant, inspiring, and courageous women, but not enough of them are in the leadership level. This is a situation that many stakeholders in the industry are working hard to redress.
One outcome of the dinner was an affirmation that there’s a strong community of women influencing the future of book publishing, and bringing some of those women together made this community more tangible. Another result: consensus that the book industry needs more women in leadership roles.