It’s important to remember that behind every data point is a daughter, a mother, a sister—a person with hopes and dreams.
MELINDA GATESVaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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All lives have an equal value.
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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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Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.
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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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After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
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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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Bill [Gates] and I believe philanthropy can only be effective if it starts things and proves whether they actually work or not. That’s the place that governments often don’t want to, or can’t, work.
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You can’t save kids just with vaccines.
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