I think the Americans need to understand that a lot of times the children are bored in school, and that is why they are not staying in.
MELINDA GATESI learn in a different way. I learn experientially.
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If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
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Women are the centre of the family. It’s the woman who decides what’s eaten in the house, when to have the kids vaccinated; everything that has to do with the children’s health revolves around her.
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I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere.
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Bill [Gates] and I believe philanthropy can only be effective if it starts things and proves whether they actually work or not. That’s the place that governments often don’t want to, or can’t, work.
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We set out what’s going to be our work time versus our foundation time versus family time, and we’ll reassess that… sometimes every week.
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Now we just really need to do the work, which we’re doing, to get contraceptives out to women worldwide.
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Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.
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Women around the world should have a tool that helps them plan their pregnancies.
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Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.
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Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward.
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If you ask, who has the chance to move into the city and get a good job out in the developing world? It’s a man. Who’s left to care for the kids back at home? The woman is.
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Women and girls should be able to determine their own future, no matter where they’re born.
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The biggest killers of children around the world are two things: diarrhea and pneumonia. When you think about it, in the United States, kids don’t die of diarrhea anymore, but it’s a huge problem in the developing world.
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If I really believe all lives have equal value, and if I use contraceptives, which I do, and if I’m counselling my son and my two daughters to use them, how am I not serving the women who don’t have access to the contraceptives they need?
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What great changes have not been ambitious?
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