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MELINDA GATESHousework comes first, so girls often fall behind in school. Global statistics show that it’s increasingly girls, not boys, who don’t know how to read.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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When we invest in women, we invest in a powerful source of global development.
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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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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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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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If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
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Women around the world should have a tool that helps them plan their pregnancies.
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If you want to lift up an economy in Africa, you basically start with the women.
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After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
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Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.
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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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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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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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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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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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Now, as smartphones are coming up, there are all kinds of apps that will start to be developed that will help women.
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