A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.
MELINDA GATESA woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.
MELINDA GATESWomen 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.
MELINDA GATESIf 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.
MELINDA GATESIf you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.
MELINDA GATESWhat great changes have not been ambitious?
MELINDA GATESDeep human connection is … the purpose and the result of a meaningful life – and it will inspire the most amazing acts of love, generosity, and humanity.
MELINDA GATESOur economies are built on the backs of all this unpaid labor that women do.
MELINDA GATESWe have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.
MELINDA GATESI felt suicidal. I couldn’t stop crying. I remember thinking, wouldn’t it be great if the car crashed and I died?
MELINDA GATESBill and I both firmly believe that even the most difficult global health problems can be solved.
MELINDA GATESOur desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward.
MELINDA GATESHelping people doesn’t have to be an unsound financial strategy.
MELINDA GATESWomen 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.
MELINDA GATESYou 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.
MELINDA GATESI 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 GATESAfter a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
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