Quotes by Michelle Bachelet

About Michelle Bachelet:

Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Socialist Party politician and the President of Chile since 11 March 2014. She previously served as President from 2006 to 2010, becoming the first woman in her country to do so. After leaving the presidency, she was appointed the first executive director of the newly created United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). In December 2013, Bachelet was re-elected as President of Chile with over 62% of the vote, bettering the 53.5% she obtained in 2006. She is the first person since 1932 to win the presidency of Chile twice in competitive elections.
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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 themsel...

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In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate.

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I'm working for the women in the world, today; that's my essential issue.

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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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We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women.

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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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My message to women is: Women: We can do it. We are capable of doing almost anything, but we must learn we cannot do it all at once, we need to prioritize.

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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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In some places women have all the rights they deserve and in others there are big restrictions - in some countries they even mutilate women.

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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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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 th...

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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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As a major economic force worldwide, India and Indian companies have the opportunity to set the standards in Asia in terms of women's right to decent work.

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We have to make sure that women's issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state, all governments.

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Author Bio

  • NameMichelle Bachelet
  • Description34th & 36th President of Chile
  • AliasesVerónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria
  • BornSeptember 29, 1951
  • CountryChile
  • ProfessionPolitician; Physician; Epidemiologist
  • AwardsForbes Magazine's List Of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic; Order Of Vytautas The Great; Order Of Australia; Order Of Isabella The Catholic; Doctor Honoris Causa