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

Michelle Bachelet

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Michelle Bachelet
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 29
Epidemiologist
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President Of Chile
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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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As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic.
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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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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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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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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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I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature.
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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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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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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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The challenge is for us to reinvigorate the relationship with the Chilean people and to give state institutions new legitimacy. But this is also a universal phenomenon. There's also disenchantment with politics in Europe.
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Given political history in Chile, it seemed to me that there was a critical task of consolidating a democracy and creating healthy civic-military and political-military relationships.
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I'm working for the women in the world, today that's my essential issue.
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I was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic . . . all possible sins together.
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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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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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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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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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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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