We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.
MELINDA GATESWomen 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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Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.
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Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.
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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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You can’t save kids just with vaccines.
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Government 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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When we invest in women, we invest in a powerful source of global development.
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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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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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The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next.
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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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One life is worth no more or less than any other.
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As a woman finds economic opportunity, even if she’s only earning a couple of dollars a day, if she can save it on her phone, she then makes different decisions for her household than her husband might.
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As a parent, the responsible thing to do – if you love your child – is to vaccinate your child.
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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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Around 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.
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