Michelle Bachelet: "The time is now women. No back to the kitchen "
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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International Day Women being held today marked by the growing role of women in the changes live in the Islamic world. Chile's former president has just taken the challenge of leading the global body for equal
an entity engaged since January with its own name, because over the years not over abuse, neglect and invisibility which is a very important subject of half the world population.
Michelle Bachelet, a former president of Chile. - ELISEO FERNANDEZ (Reuters)
Michelle
Bachelet, a former president of Chile. - ELISEO FERNANDEZ (Reuters)
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Cynics or return of all think that how you can advance the cause of women's rights when the UN Executive Committee on Women are countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan or the Congo, where the population women can not do something as routine like driving a car, as is the case of the first-mentioned country and not to mention stoning and honor killings. "If we worked only with the conviction would not be doing our job," Case Michelle Bachelet, the first director of the fledgling United Nations agency specialized in women.
"I am persistent and optimistic," said Bachelet, 59, at his office in New York, which just days ago that has taken hold and whose team still navigate around the building looking for their desks . "As executive director I have to work and work with all UN member countries and hope to women with all them the best of relationships to achieve better conditions for women in the world. "Asked about whether you can sue the countries that do not respect the rights of women, Bachelet reiterated its argument persistence:" Little recently, some move faster, others slower, but we will proceed. " Bachelet is itself an example. As the first president of Chile broke all gender barriers, but also ended up with some social and religious. Bachelet is a single mother and an agnostic. With those credentials came to power in a country very conservative Catholic, who only recently gave of a divorce law and in which there is no legal abortion. Bachelet also knows some of the violence exercised by the dictatorships, the first person suffered in Pinochet's prisons, where his father was killed. But reserved to the feelings and conscious of the weight that his words can have on national policy led by Chilean businessman Sebastian Pinera, Bachelet? Who left office last year with high approval ratings only overshadowed by the tragic earthquake ? ask to speak only of his new challenge at the United Nations. News opens and sends in the interview. On the streets of Egypt were men and women demanding freedom. "What is happening in North Africa is a tremendous opportunity for the cause of women," says the director. "Again, I have a reasonably optimistic" he continues. "In Tunisia, the three committees have been formed for political reform, revision of corruption and abuse of human rights, in each of them are women." "It's a good start, most unbelievers might think that minimum, but is important because women have not been left out of the process." Bachelet recommended action should not miss opportunities or listen to the prophets who say they will come times when women can be heard their voices. "The time is now," emphasizes and gives the example that when history has convinced women that wait time has passed without results. "We're not ready to return to the kitchen," says the director of UN Women quoting an activist.
"Women are victims of violence of all kinds: domestic violence, rape, sexual abuse perpetrated as tactics of war, early marriage and genital mutilation," he reports. "Throughout the world there are many companies faced with either of these problems, so much so that if one takes into account the different kinds of violence women may suffer at some point in their lives, the proportion victim reaches 76% of the female population.
Given this fact, his immediate goal is to break "the inertia of injustice". "Women are almost invisible in many places," said Bachelet, pediatrician by profession and first woman? again?, who agreed to head the Ministry of Defence of their country. "Women are second class citizens. They are seen as people without rights. It is a shame for humanity that can no longer afford. "How? How to break this inertia?" Achieving that women have a place in society, to begin to be paid for their work, if not free not have economic freedom. "
Again, Bachelet acknowledged the immensity of the challenge required. In some places women are subjected to systematic violations? as in the case of Congo?, others sexually mutilated? as is the case of the so-called female circumcision practiced in African countries?. "There are 140 million girls in the world who have been maimed, traditions remain the main barrier to eradicate such practices," communicates. "I have a hard task ahead, this scenario can not be changed in two or three years is impossible, "says the director, which is defined conscious of taking a complex and demanding. "It is important to effectively oppose forms of violence against women, without accepting any justification based on tradition."
"The signal for the governments is clear: women should be in the center of their agendas." "Of course we are not close to that goal if we continue on this path will arrive at their destination." One of the priorities of Bachelet is "to generate leaders" to support those who struggle to advance the rights of women. It is, again, for the revolutions in North Africa, where women can make history.
Today marks one hundred years since the first time held Women's Day. Then, only two countries, women could vote. "Today is an almost universal right. We lived through a century of progress," said Bachelet. "But we must continue working towards a better world, where men and women have built strong equity for the right to peace, development and security."
intelligence, political savvy and excellent negotiating, Bachelet is not afraid of succumbing to the UN bureaucracy. But he knows of his difficulties. It knows it must achieve good headlines for not falling into oblivion and the cynics have their day of rejoicing. With a budget of $ 500 million (357 million) of which only has in possession of a third, the director of UN Women know that donations are countries that move the agencies of the international organization. "UN Women inherited resources of the four United Nations agencies that merged to create the new entity," he explains. Spain is at the forefront of these contributions, ahead of Norway, with 33 million.
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