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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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Michelle Bachelet
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 29
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I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service.
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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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I believe that if you want to fight inequality you have to do it starting at infancy.
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I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature.
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