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Gender equality must become a lived reality.
I don't like stereotypes - no kind of stereotypes.
I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service.
Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.
In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate.
I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature.
I'm working for the women in the world, today; that's my essential issue.
I believe that if you want to fight inequality you have to do it starting at infancy.
I was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic . . . all possible sins together.
The priority for my government is that there will be development for everyone, equally.
Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go.
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.
We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women.
As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic.
It isn't that women are less ambitious,but women want to find a balance between work, love, and family.
It isn't that women are less ambitious, but women want to find a balance between work, love, and family.
Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred.
You all want to know what is my dream? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover.
My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation.
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.
We have to make sure that women's issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state, all governments.
You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks.
In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone.
In any area of the UN we ... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but that can be accepted by everyone.
In any area of the U.N. we... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but that can be accepted by everyone.
Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates.
In some places women have all the rights they deserve and in others there are big restrictions - in some countries they even mutilate women.
The change of the binominal system is without a doubt, a great advancement, it will allow us to be better represented and have better ideas.
The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.
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.
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.
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.
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.'
The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies.
Today it is time to give the government a new lease of life and this new phase which is as demanding as it is inspiring requires renovated energy and new faces.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Given political history in Chile, it seemed to me that there was a critical task of consolidating a democracy and creating healthy civic-military and political-military relationships.
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.
As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders take action for the safety of women and girls, change happens.
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.
Chile has changed. The people have become more mature and they are more conscious of their rights. They want to participate and have a say about things such as if and where a power plant can be built.
During my lifetime, I realized that discrimination was not accidental, that there were structural roots and causes to it. So if we wanted to change women's lives, we need to deal with those root causes.
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.
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.
When I'm speaking of love, when I'm speaking of reversing hate, I'm speaking not only of reconciliation - even I don't use that word - I use another word in Spanish, that's called 'reencuentro' - it's not reconciliation.
The challenge is for us to reinvigorate the relationship with the Chilean people and to give state institutions new legitimacy. But this is also a universal phenomenon. There's also disenchantment with politics in Europe.