Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.
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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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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I think it’s very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they’re growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.
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One life is worth no more or less than any other.
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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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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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Housework comes first, so girls often fall behind in school. Global statistics show that it’s increasingly girls, not boys, who don’t know how to read.
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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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Bill and I both firmly believe that even the most difficult global health problems can be solved.
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My background was computer science and business school, so eventually I worked my way up where I was running product groups – development, testing, marketing, user education.
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Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.
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When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.
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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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We set out what’s going to be our work time versus our foundation time versus family time, and we’ll reassess that… sometimes every week.
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If you want to lift up an economy in Africa, you basically start with the women.
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If you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.
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