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

Michelle Bachelet

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Michelle Bachelet
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 29
Epidemiologist
Politician
President Of Chile
Surgeon
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria
Veronica Michelle Bachelet Jeria
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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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I was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic . . . all possible sins together.
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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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Today it is time to give the government a new lease of life and this new phase which is as demanding as it is inspiring requires renovated energy and new faces.
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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 favourably.
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I'm working for the women in the world, today that's my essential issue.
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The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.
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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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Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred.
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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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Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.
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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 say that my election represents a cultural break with the past - a past of sexism, of misogyny.
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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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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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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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Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go.
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Because I'm a doctor, I know when you have an injury it will heal if it's clean enough to heal if your injury is dirty, it won't heal. And so when you are talking in societies, we are also talking in healing processes, and for a good healing process, you need to make things right.
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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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