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Full House at SIPA Welcomes Michelle Bachelet for International Women’s Day
About 140 students packed the room at SIPA on March 2 to hear Michelle Bachelet, executive director of UN Women and former president of Chile.
Bachelet came to SIPA in advance of International Women’s Day. She spoke with Elisabeth Lindenmayer, director of SIPA’s United Nations Studies Program.
“It's so important to put women in interesting, powerful positions,” said Bachelet. “Society learns that women can do it.”
Read more in an article by Marie O'Reilly (MIA '11) from Communiqué, SIPA's student-run newspaper.
Shivani Desai (MPA '11) wrote about Bachelet's visit for The Morningside Post, SIPA's student-run blog.
Download an audio podcast of the discussion between Elisabeth Lindenmayer and Michelle Bachelet. 
Bachelet served as president of Chile from 2006 – 2010, and was the first woman president in Latin America.
She believes countries are falling short of targets for including women in politics. “When I was president of Chile, there had to be equal numbers of women and men in the government,” Bachelet said.
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