Now, as smartphones are coming up, there are all kinds of apps that will start to be developed that will help women.
MELINDA GATESPoverty disproportionately affects women around the world.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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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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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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Philanthropy is not about the money. It’s about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world.
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I felt suicidal. I couldn’t stop crying. I remember thinking, wouldn’t it be great if the car crashed and I died?
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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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As a parent, the responsible thing to do – if you love your child – is to vaccinate your child.
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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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If you don’t have an effective teacher in front of the classroom, you won’t change the trajectory for students.
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Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.
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Any social or cultural change has to be made openly and with people agreeing. You don’t get there by just pushing an outsider’s point of view.
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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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Helping people doesn’t have to be an unsound financial strategy.
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A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.
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Government funding that’s coming from the United States is making a huge difference on the ground in the developing world. It’s really palpable – it’s making a huge difference saving lives.
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Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.
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