Michelle Bachelet Quotes

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Michelle Bachelet

Profession : Politician

Birth : September 29, 1951

One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women's empowerment bring huge economic benefits.

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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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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.

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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 have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks.

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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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I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service.

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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.

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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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It isn't that women are less ambitious, but women want to find a balance between work, love, and family.

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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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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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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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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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