Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
MELINDA GATESGovernment 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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Abortion has become a very politicised issue that I think countries have to work out themselves. In a lot of countries, people can’t even yet agree on what their laws should be.
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When we better understand the realities of these women’s lives, we are able to design and deliver solutions that are more useful to them.
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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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After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
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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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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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I realized that the only way to get into a good college was to be valedictorian or salutatorian. So that was my goal.
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Women and girls face a whole host of issues. We start with health, so we work very deeply on maternal deaths, making sure that a mom doesn’t die in childbirth, making sure that she has access, for instance, to AIDS medication.
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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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All lives have an equal value.
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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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Make sure you continue to trust what you know now about yourself and stay true to what you believe in.
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Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.
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If 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.
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Everyone 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.
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