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.
Michelle BacheletIn today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone.
Michelle BacheletI believe that if you want to fight inequality you have to do it starting at infancy.
Michelle BacheletBecause I'm a doctor, I know when you have an injury it will heal if it's clean enough to heal; if your injury is dirty, it won't heal. And so when you are talking in societies, we are also talking in healing processes, and for a good healing process, you need to make things right.
Michelle BacheletThe respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.
Michelle Bachelet