The Current Global Landscape Is Quite Different

I Took A Gamble To Exercise Leadership Without Losing My Feminine Nature.

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.

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 Is The Right Approach. But Women Can Be Elsewhere. We Have Mandatory Military Service In Chile. I Pushed For Women In All Areas.

I Made An Effort To Ensure Social Safeguards. But Our Economy Has To Grow - And Chile, With A Population Of 17 Million, Cannot Depend Entirely On Its Domestic Market. Which Is Why The Decision To Focus On Exports, Made At The Beginning Of The Democratic Era, Was The Correct One. We Are Continuing To Do So. For A Long Time, Chile Has Been Successful In Combating Poverty. But Now We Must Focus More On Fighting Inequality.

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.