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 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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As a parent, the responsible thing to do – if you love your child – is to vaccinate your child.
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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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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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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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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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Poverty disproportionately affects women around the world.
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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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One life is worth no more or less than any other.
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The biggest killers of children around the world are two things: diarrhea and pneumonia. When you think about it, in the United States, kids don’t die of diarrhea anymore, but it’s a huge problem in the developing world.
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You can’t save kids just with vaccines.
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I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.
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Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.
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You can have the best vaccines for a woman or her child, but if you can’t get her to come and get them then they won’t work.
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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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