Michelle Bachelet is a Chile’s groundbreaking former president was awarded the 2024 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development in New Delhi. The honor recognizes her decades of commitment to democracy, equality and human rights around the world.

Bachelet is the first and only female leader of Chile, presided over two presidential terms before assuming prominent United Nations positions including the founding leadership of UN Women and later as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Who is Michelle Bachelet?

Michelle Bachelet is among the most influential political leaders in South America, and she has become a global advocate for human rights.

Born in Santiago in 1951, she became Chile’s first woman president and the first democratically elected female leader in Sou

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