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President of Chile

Michelle Bachelet is a former President of Chile, born on September 29, 1951. She has extensive experience in politics, public health, and social development, serving as Minister of Health and Minister of Social Development. Known for her reformist approach and commitment to social justice, she has been dedicated to advancing progress in Chile.

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“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.”

“Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.”

Ifs Able Gender Empowering Empowering Women Gender Equality

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“I believe that if you want to fight inequality you have to do it starting at infancy.”

Ifs Want Believe Fighting I Believe Starting Inequality Infancy

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“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.”

Ifs Needs Wanted Causes Deals Roots Lifetime I Realized Discrimination Root Cause

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“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.”

Ifs May Home Dream Reality Born Possibility Flying Stereotype Hopes And Dreams

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“Because I'm a doctor, I know when you have an injury it will heal if it's clean enough to heal; if your injury is dirty, it won't heal. And so when you are talking in societies, we are also talking in healing processes, and for a good healing process, you need to make things right.”

Ifs Knows Needs Enough Process Healing Talking Doctors Clean Heal Dirty Injury Healing Process Make Things Right

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“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.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Kind Important Moments Happens Life Is Hate Realizing Quality Honest Rage Being Honest Not Sure

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“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 Ifs Needs Mean Doe Social Growth Democracy Trade Protection Trade Offs

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“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.”

Ifs Knows Persons Enough Military Approach Areas Combat Elsewhere Consensus Chile Military Service

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Born: September 29, 1951
Known for: President of Chile
Quotes: 69

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