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Michelle Bachelet Quotes

Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It’s not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates Picture Quote #1

My father respected and admired my mother and was a person who was always standing by my side, encouraging me to do more and believed in my capacity. So in that sense, my own experience was very good in becoming an empowered woman. From early on, I carried that strong message: ‘You can do it.’ So I never had any doubt that women can do a lot Picture Quote #1

As women politicians, we talk about the most difficult themes of state security, foreign relations and development models, then ask, ‘How do you make it work with your husband?’ The interesting thing is that these women - most of them - don’t lose the perspective that the focus is not the position but the job at hand Picture Quote #1

When women earn the money for the family, everyone in the family benefits. We also know that when women have an income, everyone wins because women dedicate 90% of the income to health, education, to food security, to the children, to the family, or to the community, so when women have an income, everybody wins Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Educational equality doesn’t guarantee equality on the labor market. Even the most developed countries are not gender-equal. There are still glass ceilings and ‘leaky pipelines’ that prevent women from getting ahead in the workplace Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There’s full consensus in the military that women shouldn’t be in person-to-person combat. I don’t know if we have enough experience to know whether this is the right approach. But women can be elsewhere. We have mandatory military service in Chile. I pushed for women in all areas Picture Quote #1

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As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks Picture Quote #1

We have to make sure that women’s issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state, all governments Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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, Picture Quote #1

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My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women’s economic empowerment and political participation Picture Quote #1

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 favorably Picture Quote #1

The current global landscape is quite different from the not-too-distant past. The process of globalization has intensified, and the world is moving towards new forms of governance Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It isn’t that women are less ambitious, but women want to find a balance between work, love, and family Picture Quote #1

There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: ‘this is not happening in my backyard.’ Picture Quote #1

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In artillery exercises, women always win because they’re more accurate Picture Quote #1

I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service Picture Quote #1

I was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic... all possible sins together Picture Quote #1

The priority for my government is that there will be development for everyone, equally Picture Quote #1

Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women Picture Quote #1

Gender equality must become a lived reality Picture Quote #1

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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 (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) My father respected and admired my mother and was a person who was always standing by my side, encouraging me to do more and believed in my capacity. So in that sense, my own experience was very good in becoming an empowered woman. From early on, I carried that strong message: ‘You can do it.’ So I never had any doubt that women can do a lot (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) As women politicians, we talk about the most difficult themes of state security, foreign relations and development models, then ask, ‘How do you make it work with your husband?’ The interesting thing is that these women - most of them - don’t lose the perspective that the focus is not the position but the job at hand (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) When women earn the money for the family, everyone in the family benefits. We also know that when women have an income, everyone wins because women dedicate 90% of the income to health, education, to food security, to the children, to the family, or to the community, so when women have an income, everybody wins (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) 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 (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) Educational equality doesn’t guarantee equality on the labor market. Even the most developed countries are not gender-equal. There are still glass ceilings and ‘leaky pipelines’ that prevent women from getting ahead in the workplace (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) 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 (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) 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 (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) 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 (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) 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 (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) 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 (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) There’s full consensus in the military that women shouldn’t be in person-to-person combat. I don’t know if we have enough experience to know whether this is the right approach. But women can be elsewhere. We have mandatory military service in Chile. I pushed for women in all areas (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) 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 (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks. (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) We have to make sure that women’s issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state, all governments. (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) 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. (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) 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, (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women’s economic empowerment and political participation. (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) 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 favorably. (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) The current global landscape is quite different from the not-too-distant past. The process of globalization has intensified, and the world is moving towards new forms of governance (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) 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. (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) It isn’t that women are less ambitious, but women want to find a balance between work, love, and family. (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: ‘this is not happening in my backyard.’ (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) In artillery exercises, women always win because they’re more accurate (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) I was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic... all possible sins together (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) The priority for my government is that there will be development for everyone, equally (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women (Michelle Bachelet Quotes) Gender equality must become a lived reality (Michelle Bachelet Quotes)

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