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.
MELINDA GATESThe biggest killers of children around the world are two things: diarrhea and pneumonia. When you think about it, in the United States, kids don’t die of diarrhea anymore, but it’s a huge problem in the developing world.
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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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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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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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Women and girls should be able to determine their own future, no matter where they’re born.
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All women, everywhere, have the same hopes: we want to be self-sufficient and create better lives for ourselves and our loved ones.
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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 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.
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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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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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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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I 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.
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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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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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The biggest pieces of work that we do are vaccines, because those save lives, and also family planning. Because if a woman can space the births of her children, it changes everything for her health and her child’s health.
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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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