In response to Jessie Lin’s post ‘EU pushes 40% quota for women on boards’, I find it rather ironic that a gender specific quota must be put in place in order to avoid inequality. While I am a woman myself, I understand that it is important for us to make our mark in the professional world and have our voices heard. However, putting a quota and threatening companies with fines simply feels wrong.  If I were hired by company knowing that they must reach a target amount of female employees, I would feel as if I was hired for the sake of filling in the numbers, not for my working  abilities. Instead of putting quotas in, officials should focus on opening up more workshops and training opportunities for both women and men to strengthen their skills in order to compete fairly when looking for jobs. Landing a job should not be determined by whether you are a man or a woman; it should be based on the skills you have and the value that you can bring to the company. Putting a gender specific quota is not fair, and counteracts the notion of equality. Like what my mother always told me: quality over quantity.