The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.

The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.

It was said that Chile was not ready to vote for a woman, it was traditionally a sexist country. In the end, the reverse happened: the fact of being a woman became a symbol of the process of cultural change the country was undergoing.

The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles.

In some places women have all the rights they deserve and in others there are big restrictions - in some countries they even mutilate women.

The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when I was doing work on the ground. I think the important thing is that my candidacy was born from citizens themselves, driven by the people and which the parties picked up favourably.

I believe that if you want to fight inequality you have to do it starting at infancy.