The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next.
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.
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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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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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You 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.
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If I really believe all lives have equal value, and if I use contraceptives, which I do, and if I’m counselling my son and my two daughters to use them, how am I not serving the women who don’t have access to the contraceptives they need?
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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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In different places you run into myths around vaccination or around family planning. In the United States, one of the myths that existed for a long time, that has been completely debunked, was that autism was linked to a vaccine.
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Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.
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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 lives have an equal value.
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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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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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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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If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
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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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We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.
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