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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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My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation.
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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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I'm working for the women in the world, today that's my essential issue.
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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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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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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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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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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 was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic . . . all possible sins together.
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When I'm speaking of love, when I'm speaking of reversing hate, I'm speaking not only of reconciliation - even I don't use that word - I use another word in Spanish, that's called 'reencuentro' - it's not reconciliation.
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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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I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service.
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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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Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred.
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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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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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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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In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate.
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