Chile Has Done A Lot To Rid Itself Of Poverty, Especially Extreme Poverty, Since The Return To Democracy. But We Still Have A Ways To Go Toward Greater Equity. This Country Does Not Have A Neoliberal Economic Model Anymore. We Have Put In Place A Lot Of Policies That Will Ensure That Economic Growth Goes Hand In Hand With Social Justice.
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.
As A Vibrant Force In Civil Society, Women Continue To Press For Their Rights, Equal Participation In Decision-making, And The Upholding Of The Principles Of The Revolution By The Highest Levels Of Leadership In Egypt.
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.
I Was Not Born In A Home Where There Were Stereotypes. So That Was Very Useful Because It Gave Me The Sense Of Possibilities, Of Flying, If I May Say, Of Making My Hopes And Dreams A Reality.
The United Nations Should Become A Proactive Agent In The Dissemination Of Democratic Principles.
Women Say That My Election Represents A Cultural Break With The Past - A Past Of Sexism, Of Misogyny.
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.
We Have Had Scarce Investment In Women... One Of My Tasks Is That Everyone Spends Much More On Women.
We Have To Make Sure That Women's Issues Are An Essential Element On The Agendas Of All Heads Of State, All Governments.
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.
