I Believe That If You

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.

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 Dreams A Reality.

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.

The 2010 Global Gender Gap Report By The World Economic Forum Shows That Countries With Better Gender Equality Have Faster-growing, More Competitive Economies.

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.