If you ask, who has the chance to move into the city and get a good job out in the developing world? It’s a man. Who’s left to care for the kids back at home? The woman is.
MELINDA GATESTake 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.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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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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I felt suicidal. I couldn’t stop crying. I remember thinking, wouldn’t it be great if the car crashed and I died?
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I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.
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Helping people doesn’t have to be an unsound financial strategy.
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If you want to lift up an economy in Africa, you basically start with the women.
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Philanthropy is not about the money. It’s about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world.
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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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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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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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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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Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.
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Women and girls should be able to determine their own future, no matter where they’re born.
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After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
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You can’t save kids just with vaccines.
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Poverty disproportionately affects women around the world.
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