Now we just really need to do the work, which we’re doing, to get contraceptives out to women worldwide.
MELINDA GATESNow, 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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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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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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One life is worth no more or less than any other.
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If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
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When we invest in women, we invest in a powerful source of global development.
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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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I think the Americans need to understand that a lot of times the children are bored in school, and that is why they are not staying in.
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If you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.
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Kids are falling through the cracks and nobody notices it. That to me is what’s wrong with the school system.
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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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It is still just unbelievable to us that diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child deaths in the world.
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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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If you want to lift up an economy in Africa, you basically start with the women.
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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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Women around the world should have a tool that helps them plan their pregnancies.
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