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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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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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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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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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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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I believe that if you want to fight inequality you have to do it starting at infancy.
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Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.
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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'm working for the women in the world, today that's my essential issue.
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Chile needs to unite behind the goals of reducing poverty and creating more equal opportunities so that everyone can benefit from what the country has to offer.
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As a doctor, when I was minister of health and would go somewhere, little girls would come up to me and say, 'I want to be like you one day, I want to be a doctor.' Now, they tell me, 'I want to be president just like you.' All of us can dream as big as we want.
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I was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic . . . all possible sins together.
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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 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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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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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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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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Women say that my election represents a cultural break with the past - a past of sexism, of misogyny.
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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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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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