About Michelle Bachelet
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Chilean politician who served as the 33rd and 35th president of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and from 2014 to 2018. She is the first and to date only woman to hold the presidency. She was re-elected in December 2013 with over 62% of the vote, having previously received 54% in 2006, making her the first president of Chile to be re-elected since 1932. After her second term, she served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022. Earlier in her career, she was appointed as the first executive director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
Notable works:
Social Protection Floor for a Fair and Inclusive Globalization
Awards:
honorary doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations|honorary doctorate from Columbia University|Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle|honorary doctorate of Pompeu Fabra University|honorary doctorate of the International University Menendez Pelayo|Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ|Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty|honorary doctor of the National University of Córdoba|honorary doctor of the University of Brasília|Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay|honorary doctor of the University of Essex|honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University|honorary doctorate of University of Burgundy|Order of Merit|Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)|DAAD Scholarship|Royal Order of the Seraphim|Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion|Order of Bernardo O'Higgins|Order of the Liberator|National Order of San Lorenzo|Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour|honorary doctorate|Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia|BBC 100 Women|Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic|Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic|Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry|Collar of the Order of Charles III|Grand Cross with collar of the Order of Vytautas the Great|Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland|honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
All Michelle Bachelet Quotes
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People see I am a mother and head of a household. Today in Chile, one-third of households are run by women. They wake up, take…
Children
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The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies.
Better
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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…
Democracy
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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…
Ago
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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…
All
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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…
Acknowledgement
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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…
Afford
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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 -…
Another Word
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Women's strength, women's industry, women's wisdom are humankind's greatest untapped resource. The challenge then for U.N. Women is to show our diverse constituencies how this…
All
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My father respected and admired my mother and was a person who was always standing by my side, encouraging me to do more and believed…
Admired
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