If you want to lift up an economy in Africa, you basically start with the women.
MELINDA GATESKids are falling through the cracks and nobody notices it. That to me is what’s wrong with the school system.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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My undergraduate work was in computer science and economics. It just happened to be at that time when 34 percent of computer-science majors were women. We didn’t realize it was at the peak at the time.
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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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If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
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The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next.
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When we invest in women, we invest in a powerful source of global development.
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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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As a parent, the responsible thing to do – if you love your child – is to vaccinate your child.
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Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.
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What great changes have not been ambitious?
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One life is worth no more or less than any other.
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Deep 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.
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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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Helping people doesn’t have to be an unsound financial strategy.
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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 speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.
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