When we invest in women, we invest in a powerful source of global development.
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.
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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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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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Take time to learn about the lives of women around the world-and try to play a small part in their fight to create the future they deserve.
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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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Make sure you continue to trust what you know now about yourself and stay true to what you believe in.
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One life is worth no more or less than any other.
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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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I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.
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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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Women 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.
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We set out what’s going to be our work time versus our foundation time versus family time, and we’ll reassess that… sometimes every week.
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You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
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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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Our economies are built on the backs of all this unpaid labor that women do.
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Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.
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