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

Michelle Bachelet

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" When women earn the money for the family, everyone in the family benefits. We also know that when women have an income, everyone wins because women dedicate 90% of the income to health, education, to food security, to the children, to the family, or to the community, so when women have an income, everybody wins. "

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

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

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" There has been a cultural shift. It is difficult to measure all that right now, but Chilean women have seen my presidency as a source of pride. Women are performing in jobs in Chile now that 20 or 30 years ago nobody would have dared to imagine. "

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

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" We have to make sure that women's issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state, all governments. "

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

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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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" Having more women in company boards, in senior management, supervisory positions and workers in the formal sector is not only the right thing to do, but the smart thing to do. It's good for the bottom line. "

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" Women's strength, women's industry, women's wisdom are humankind's greatest untapped resource. The challenge then for U.N. Women is to show our diverse constituencies how this resource can be effectively tapped in ways that benefit us all. "

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" You all want to know what is my dream? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover. "

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

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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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" There's full consensus in the military that women shouldn't be in person-to-person combat. I don't know if we have enough experience to know whether this is the right approach. But women can be elsewhere. We have mandatory military service in Chile. I pushed for women in all areas. "

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" One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women's empowerment bring huge economic benefits. "

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" Educational equality doesn't guarantee equality on the labor market. Even the most developed countries are not gender-equal. There are still glass ceilings and 'leaky pipelines' that prevent women from getting ahead in the workplace. "

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" For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected. "

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