Author: Sarah Gavron

Quotes

So many women don't have voices in their governments.

So many women don't have voices in their governments.

- Sarah Gavron

The late Victorian Era brought in part-time education. Not everybody went to school, but they were supposed to have a decent level of schooling; they went part-time after 12.

The late Victorian Era brought in part-time education. Not everybody went to school, but they were supposed to have a decent level of schooling; they went part-time after 12.

- Sarah Gavron

My grandmother - my mother's mother - was a German Jewish refugee, an only child who came here from Berlin in 1936 at the age of 17.

My grandmother - my mother's mother - was a German Jewish refugee, an only child who came here from Berlin in 1936 at the age of 17.

- Sarah Gavron

I had a mother who got involved in grassroot politics when I was growing up. I watched her have agency and become political in a very male-dominated world.

I had a mother who got involved in grassroot politics when I was growing up. I watched her have agency and become political in a very male-dominated world.

- Sarah Gavron

Women in Film and Television is such an important body.

Women in Film and Television is such an important body.

- Sarah Gavron

I made lots of short films, about nine or ten short films. And then I made a television film called 'This Little Life.'

I made lots of short films, about nine or ten short films. And then I made a television film called 'This Little Life.'

- Sarah Gavron

I would love to see more diversity on all sides, and not just in terms of women; we need people from different walks of life making films.

I would love to see more diversity on all sides, and not just in terms of women; we need people from different walks of life making films.

- Sarah Gavron

Having the vote is just symbolic. There are still many issues on which women don't have any right and, in many countries, where women are given very very few rights.

Having the vote is just symbolic. There are still many issues on which women don't have any right and, in many countries, where women are given very very few rights.

- Sarah Gavron

I think the main thing for young women is to have confidence and not be afraid to challenge continuing inequalities, because that's the only way you'll get change.

I think the main thing for young women is to have confidence and not be afraid to challenge continuing inequalities, because that's the only way you'll get change.

- Sarah Gavron

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