If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
MELINDA GATESIf we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
MELINDA GATESMy 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 GATESNow, as smartphones are coming up, there are all kinds of apps that will start to be developed that will help women.
MELINDA GATESYou can’t save kids just with vaccines.
MELINDA GATESAll lives have an equal value.
MELINDA GATESWomen around the world should have a tool that helps them plan their pregnancies.
MELINDA GATESI went to business school, and I went straight from that to a nine-year career at Microsoft. Eventually, I ran a big chunk of the consumer products division for Microsoft.Then I left with the birth of our first daughter because Bill and I both wanted to have a few kids.
MELINDA GATESWhen we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.
MELINDA GATESBill and I both firmly believe that even the most difficult global health problems can be solved.
MELINDA GATESAround 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.
MELINDA GATESPoverty disproportionately affects women around the world.
MELINDA GATESWhat great changes have not been ambitious?
MELINDA GATESDeep 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.
MELINDA GATESIf you can’t travel to the developing world, look at helping to fund a woman with a small loan and follow her. Learn her story. Learn about the difference that you’re making.
MELINDA GATESEveryone agrees that the failure of our high schools is tragic. It’s bad business, and it’s bad policy. But we act as if it can’t be helped. It can be helped. We designed these high schools; we can redesign them.
MELINDA GATESOur economies are built on the backs of all this unpaid labor that women do.
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