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" I'm working for the women in the world, today; that's my essential issue. "
Michelle Bachelet
Women
World
Working
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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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" The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles. "
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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 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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" By including women in decision-making, city governments will be in a better position to fulfill their responsibility to ensure the safety of their residents, especially women and girls. "
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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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" My father respected and admired my mother and was a person who was always standing by my side, encouraging me to do more and believed in my capacity. So in that sense, my own experience was very good in becoming an empowered woman. From early on, I carried that strong message: 'You can do it.' So I never had any doubt that women can do a lot. "
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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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" Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women. "
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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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" I was not born in a home where there were stereotypes. So that was very useful because it gave me the sense of possibilities, of flying, if I may say, of making my hopes and dreams a reality. "
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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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Smart
Management
Good
" 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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Democracy
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" It was said that Chile was not ready to vote for a woman, it was traditionally a sexist country. In the end, the reverse happened: the fact of being a woman became a symbol of the process of cultural change the country was undergoing. "
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Vote
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" Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have a ways to go toward greater equity. This country does not have a neoliberal economic model anymore. We have put in place a lot of policies that will ensure that economic growth goes hand in hand with social justice. "
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Poverty
Justice
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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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Enough
Women
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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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Will
Growth
People
" We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women. "
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More
Everyone
Women
" 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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Places
Women
Rights
" 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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" 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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" 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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Dream
Know
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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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" 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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" Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go. "
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Places
" I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature. "
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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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" 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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" Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred. "
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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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