If you want to lift up an economy in Africa, you basically start with the women.
MELINDA GATESIf you want to lift up an economy in Africa, you basically start with the women.
MELINDA GATESAll lives have an equal value.
MELINDA GATESYou 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.
MELINDA GATESMen 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.
MELINDA GATESOur desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward.
MELINDA GATESMake sure you continue to trust what you know now about yourself and stay true to what you believe in.
MELINDA GATESThe biggest pieces of work that we do are vaccines, because those save lives, and also family planning. Because if a woman can space the births of her children, it changes everything for her health and her child’s health.
MELINDA GATESWhen we invest in women, we invest in a powerful source of global development.
MELINDA GATESWhen we better understand the realities of these women’s lives, we are able to design and deliver solutions that are more useful to them.
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.
MELINDA GATESAfter a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
MELINDA GATESThe 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.
MELINDA GATESMy 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.
MELINDA GATESAround 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.
MELINDA GATESI felt suicidal. I couldn’t stop crying. I remember thinking, wouldn’t it be great if the car crashed and I died?
MELINDA GATESOur economies are built on the backs of all this unpaid labor that women do.
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