The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies.

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...

This Cabinet is a historic step for equality between men and women. These are people with considerable intellectual, professional and political prestige (who are) up to the great challenges we have ahead.

You have to be doing things that matter – responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks.

We will continue to do well what we have been doing well, maintaining a stable economy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In this welcome meeting we expressed our willingness to work together on a bilateral agenda.

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.

What is important is that we guarantee decent and dignified work to all Chileans ‘¦ what is important is that everybody has the same rights and the same opportunities.

In some places women have all the rights they deserve and in others there are big restrictions – in some countries they even mutilate women.

As a doctor, when I was minister of health and would go somewhere, little girls would come up to me and say, ‘I want to be like you one day, I want to be a...

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

We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security,...

We want a more prosperous, more just, more equal, more inclusive future. I shall keep my word. I shall tell you what I think and I shall do what I say. I give you my...

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.

I am a woman, a socialist, separated and agnostic – all the sins together.

In today’s interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone.

As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic.

I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service.

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’ –...

The world would be better off with more people like you.

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...

Today, men and women are valued the same.

The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles.

I don’t like stereotypes – no kind of stereotypes.

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.

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.

Who would have thought 20, 10, five years ago, that Chile would elect a woman president? … Thank you for inviting me to lead this voyage.

It was said that Chile was not ready to vote for a woman, it was traditionally a sexist country. In the end, the reverse happened: the fact of being a woman became a symbol of...

Today we have won, the people have given me the first majority. Not even all the money of the candidate of the right can break the will of the majority on the night of January...

We have had scarce investment in women… One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women.

My commitment will be to travel with you on yet another stretch of this great promenade of freedom we have been opening.

I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature.

We have to make sure that women’s issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state, all governments.

As women politicians, we talk about the most difficult themes of state security, foreign relations and development models, then ask, ‘How do you make it work with your husband?’ The interesting thing is that these...

Who would have said, 10, 15 years ago — that a woman would be elected president!

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.

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...

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.

Together we recovered democracy for Chile. Now I invite you to be a part of another historic moment by electing Chile’s first ever woman president. Let’s make history.

Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred.

Women say that my election represents a cultural break with the past – a past of sexism, of misogyny.

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...

The priority for my government is that there will be development for everyone, equally.

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.’

You all want to know what is my dream? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover.

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.