Now, as smartphones are coming up, there are all kinds of apps that will start to be developed that will help women.
MELINDA GATESThat’s universal – we all want to bring every good thing to our children. But what’s not universal is our ability to provide every good thing.
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That’s universal – we all want to bring every good thing to our children. But what’s not universal is our ability to provide every good thing.
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If you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.
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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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You can have the best vaccines for a woman or her child, but if you can’t get her to come and get them then they won’t work.
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You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
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Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.
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Take time to learn about the lives of women around the world-and try to play a small part in their fight to create the future they deserve.
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One life is worth no more or less than any other.
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When we better understand the realities of these women’s lives, we are able to design and deliver solutions that are more useful to them.
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As a parent, the responsible thing to do – if you love your child – is to vaccinate your child.
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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 can’t travel to the developing world, look at helping to fund a woman with a small loan and follow her. Learn her story. Learn about the difference that you’re making.
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Men make different investments than women do. Women tend to invest more of their earnings than men do in their family’s well-being – as much as 10 times more.
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Around the world we have girls in primary school at about the same rate now as boys, but keeping them in quality secondary schools is where the world is lagging. I’m seeing a lot of countries look at this now.
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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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