I Am A Woman With A Calling

We Need To Have A Broad Debate So That The New Chilean Constitution Is Representative Of Everyone. I Am Convinced That It Cannot Just Be Developed By An Expert Group. First, People At All Levels Will Be Given An Opportunity To Provide Input. They Should Be Allowed To Express Their Opinions About The Kind Of Society They Would Like To Live In. That's The Kind Of Open Process I Would Like To See. The Issue At Hand Here Is Finding Unity On The Greater Rules. Afterwards, A Text Will Be Developed And Presented To Parliament.

I Wouldn't Be Honest If I Told You That In Some Moment Of My Life I Had A Lot Of Rage - Probably Hate - I'm Not Sure Of Hate, But Rage. But You Know What Happens Is That Then You Realize You Cannot Do To Others What You Think Nobody Has To Do To Anybody. Life Is Important For Me And Not Any Kind Of Life, Quality Too Of Life.

The Current Global Landscape Is Quite Different From The Not-too-distant Past. The Process Of Globalization Has Intensified, And The World Is Moving Towards New Forms Of Governance.

The Challenge Is For Us To Reinvigorate The Relationship With The Chilean People And To Give State Institutions New Legitimacy. But This Is Also A Universal Phenomenon. There's Also Disenchantment With Politics In Europe.

My Top Priority For 2012 Will Be To Make A Renewed Push For Women's Economic Empowerment And Political Participation.