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" As a major economic force worldwide, India and Indian companies have the opportunity to set the standards in Asia in terms of women's right to decent work. "

Michelle Bachelet

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" I believe that if you want to fight inequality you have to do it starting at infancy. "

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" Having experienced personally and through my family the tragedy of Chile is something always present in my memory. I do not want events of that nature ever to happen again, and I have dedicated an important part of my life to ensuring that and to the reunion of all Chileans. "

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" The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies. "

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" People see I am a mother and head of a household. Today in Chile, one-third of households are run by women. They wake up, take the children to school, go to work. To them I am hope. "

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" I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature. "

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" During my lifetime, I realized that discrimination was not accidental, that there were structural roots and causes to it. So if we wanted to change women's lives, we need to deal with those root causes. "

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" My message to women is: Women: We can do it. We are capable of doing almost anything, but we must learn we cannot do it all at once, we need to prioritize. "

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" I don't like stereotypes - no kind of stereotypes. "

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" Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women. "

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" I wouldn't be honest if I told you that in some moment of my life I had a lot of rage - probably hate - I'm not sure of hate, but rage. But you know what happens is that then you realize you cannot do to others what you think nobody has to do to anybody. Life is important for me and not any kind of life, quality too of life. "

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" In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone. "

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" The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when I was doing work on the ground. I think the important thing is that my candidacy was born from citizens themselves, driven by the people and which the parties picked up favorably. "

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" As women politicians, we talk about the most difficult themes of state security, foreign relations and development models, then ask, 'How do you make it work with your husband?' The interesting thing is that these women - most of them - don't lose the perspective that the focus is not the position but the job at hand. "

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" The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles. "

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" In some places women have all the rights they deserve and in others there are big restrictions - in some countries they even mutilate women. "

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" As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic. "

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" Women say that my election represents a cultural break with the past - a past of sexism, of misogyny. "

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" Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates. "

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" I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service. "

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" As a doctor, when I was minister of health and would go somewhere, little girls would come up to me and say, 'I want to be like you one day, I want to be a doctor.' Now, they tell me, 'I want to be president just like you.' All of us can dream as big as we want. "

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" Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go. "

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" Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred. "

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" As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders take action for the safety of women and girls, change happens. "

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" In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate. "

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" It isn't that women are less ambitious, but women want to find a balance between work, love, and family. "

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" The current global landscape is quite different from the not-too-distant past. The process of globalization has intensified, and the world is moving towards new forms of governance. "

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" I'm working for the women in the world, today; that's my essential issue. "

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" There does not have to be trade-off between growth and social protection. A democracy does not mean much if it doesn't respond to the needs and will of its people. "

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" When I'm speaking of love, when I'm speaking of reversing hate, I'm speaking not only of reconciliation - even I don't use that word - I use another word in Spanish, that's called 'reencuentro' - it's not reconciliation. "

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" There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: 'this is not happening in my backyard.' "

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