Michelle Bachelet Quotes About Gender

Quotes about: Gender

• Gender equality must become a lived reality.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Reality, Gender Equality, Gender

  "Who Is the Authentic Arab Woman?" by Shahnaz Taplin-Chinoy, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 4, 2012.

• 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.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Country, Empowerment, Employment

  "UN Women Head Michelle Bachelet: ‘Gender Equality Is Good Business’". Interview with Elisabeth Braw, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 19, 2012.

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

  Michelle Bachelet

  Empowering, Able, Gender Equality

  "UN Women's head Michelle Bachelet: A new superhero?". Interview with Jane Martinson, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2011.

• 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.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Country, Educational, Glasses

  "UN Women Head Michelle Bachelet: ‘Gender Equality Is Good Business’". Interview with Elisabeth Braw, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 19, 2012.

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

  Michelle Bachelet

  Country, Gender Gap, World

  "UN Women Head Michelle Bachelet: ‘Gender Equality Is Good Business’". Interview with Elisabeth Braw, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 19, 2012.

• U.N. Women was created due to the acknowledgement that gender equality and women's empowerment was still, despite progress, far from what it should be. Transforming political will and decisions, such as the Member States creating U.N. Women, into concrete steps towards gender equality and women's empowerment, I think is one of the main challenges.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Thinking, Political Will, Creating

  UN News Centre Interview, www.un.org. December 3, 2012.

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