Who is Michelle Bachelet
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (Spanish: [βeˈɾonika miˈʃel βaʃeˈle ˈxeɾja]; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022. She previously served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 2018 for the Socialist Party of Chile; she is the first woman to hold the Chilean presidency and the first elected female leader in South America. After leaving the presidency in 2010 and while not immediately reelectable, she was appointed the first executive director of the newly created United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In December 2013, Bachelet was reelected with over 62% of the vote, bettering the 54% she obtained in 2006. She was the first President of Chil...Read Full Biography of Michelle Bachelet
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- In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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Blackdouglas: have you read the formal statement on the uyghurs in xinjiang sophieBlackdouglas: the un high commissioner for human rights found no 'abuse' of human rights in xinjiang
Blackdouglas: the un alone is the arbiter of human rights! the un high commissioner for human rights michelle bachelet stated that she had found no criminal abuses of human rights after official visit to china.
Matabasi: violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. it's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates. - michelle bachelet
Taevisionceo: you have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks. - michelle bachelet
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