I think it’s very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they’re growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.
MELINDA GATESOur economies are built on the backs of all this unpaid labor that women do.
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Abortion has become a very politicised issue that I think countries have to work out themselves. In a lot of countries, people can’t even yet agree on what their laws should be.
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Everyone agrees that the failure of our high schools is tragic. It’s bad business, and it’s bad policy. But we act as if it can’t be helped. It can be helped. We designed these high schools; we can redesign 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 care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere.
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We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.
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If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
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Women and girls face a whole host of issues. We start with health, so we work very deeply on maternal deaths, making sure that a mom doesn’t die in childbirth, making sure that she has access, for instance, to AIDS medication.
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I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.
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Women around the world should have a tool that helps them plan their pregnancies.
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One life is worth no more or less than any other.
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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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It’s important to remember that behind every data point is a daughter, a mother, a sister—a person with hopes and dreams.
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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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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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We [with Bill Gates] started to make decisions about what we’d invest in. Then I actually started traveling for the foundation. I’ve probably been to India now eight times at least and Africa numerous times.
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