@revk @neil Evidence strongly implies that quotas work. If you set a minimum diversity quota, on any given axis, it doesn’t just improve your quality (because e.g. women who stay in male-dominated industries tend to be way better than their male counterparts, on average), it also makes people under-represented in the audience more likely to stick around.
So yes, Neil is right to do what he’s trying to do.
An example: https://kjonnsforskning.no/en/2016/10/secret-behind-norways-gender-quota-success