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’ –...

Today, men and women are valued the same.

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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...

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

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.’