My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation.
Michelle BacheletThere'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 BacheletThe United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles.
Michelle Bachelet