I Am A Woman With A Calling

Given Political History In Chile, It Seemed To Me That There Was A Critical Task Of Consolidating A Democracy And Creating Healthy Civic-military And Political-military Relationships.

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.

People See I Am A Mother And Head Of A Household. Today In Chile, One-third Of Households Are Run By Women. They Wake Up, Take The Children To School, Go To Work. To Them I Am Hope.

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

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