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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. "

Michelle Bachelet

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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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" My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation. "

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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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" We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women. "

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

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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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" 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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" 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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" You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks. "

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

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

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

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

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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. "

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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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" As a vibrant force in civil society, women continue to press for their rights, equal participation in decision-making, and the upholding of the principles of the revolution by the highest levels of leadership in Egypt. "

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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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" 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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" 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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