All lives have an equal value.
MELINDA GATESBirth control has almost completely and totally disappeared from the global health agenda, and the victims of this paralysis are the people of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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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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Women around the world should have a tool that helps them plan their pregnancies.
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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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You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
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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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If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
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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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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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When we invest in women, we invest in a powerful source of global development.
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If you want to lift up an economy in Africa, you basically start with the women.
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After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
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We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.
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Men make different investments than women do. Women tend to invest more of their earnings than men do in their family’s well-being – as much as 10 times more.
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Birth control has almost completely and totally disappeared from the global health agenda, and the victims of this paralysis are the people of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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Make sure you continue to trust what you know now about yourself and stay true to what you believe in.
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