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 More Quotes by Michelle Bachelet More Quotes From Michelle Bachelet 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. Michelle Bachelet governmentgirlresponsibility 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 educationalglassescountry 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 hateimportantthinking 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 growthmeanpeople 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 pridejobsyears 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 combatmilitaryenough U.N. Women was created due to the acknowledgement that gender equality and women's empowerment was still, despite progress, far from what it should be. Transforming political will and decisions, such as the Member States creating U.N. Women, into concrete steps towards gender equality and women's empowerment, I think is one of the main challenges. Michelle Bachelet political-willcreatingthinking The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies. Michelle Bachelet gender-gapcountryworld I am concerned that the situation in Bolivia could spin out of control if the authorities do not handle it ... with full respect for human rights. Michelle Bachelet world Small island nations are among those suffering the most catastrophic effects of climate change, although they contribute very little to fuelling the problem, just this past week, yet another devastating hurricane hit the Bahamas, taking a terrible toll in human life and destroying precious development gains. Michelle Bachelet environment The welcome releases of 62 detainees then (in June), with a further 22 – including journalist Braulio Jatar and judge (Maria) Lourdes Afiuni – set free yesterday and the authorities' acceptance of two human rights officers in the country, signify the beginning of positive engagement on the country's many human rights issues. Michelle Bachelet world The fact that the coordinates of this detention facility and the knowledge that it housed civilians had been communicated to the parties to the conflict indicates that this attack may -- depending on the precise circumstances -- amount to a war crime. Michelle Bachelet top-news Experience shows us that you cant have security without full respect for human rights and you cant enjoy human rights without security. Michelle Bachelet world People have been shot and killed, others have reportedly received wounds from which they will never completely recover, including losing eyes, these are disgraceful scenes. The Venezuelan government must stop The Venezuelan government forces from using excessive force against unarmed protesters and ordinary citizens. Michelle Bachelet world The human rights violations committed against the Rohingya in Myanmar amount to the worst atrocities, including crimes against humanity and possibly even genocide. With an almost complete lack of accountability -- indeed with ongoing violations -- returning Rohingya refugees to Myanmar at this point effectively means throwing them back into the cycle of human rights violations that this community has been suffering for decades, the history of the Rohingya in Myanmar is one filled with repeated episodes of violence, flight and return. Michelle Bachelet world My colleagues have all expounded on the importance of integration, but this needs to have social well-being, improved and shared prosperity as a key element. Michelle Bachelet industrials We don't have any problems with supplies, water or sewage up to now. That's not the problem, our problem is a respiratory one, from inhaling all of this ash, and the fact that this ash could generate some sort of environmental contamination. Michelle Bachelet world We don't have any problems with supplies, water or sewage up to now, our problem is a respiratory one, from inhaling all of this ash, and the fact that this ash could generate some sort of environmental contamination. Michelle Bachelet world Imagine that? The president resigning. That's a constitutional rupture, the truth has to be told, so just in case - I never thought about resigning and I don't plan on resigning at any time. Michelle Bachelet world 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 thinkopinionworkpeople
