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Bill and I both firmly believe that even the most difficult global health problems can be solved.

Melinda Gates

All women, everywhere, have the same hopes: we want to be self-sufficient and create better lives for ourselves and our loved ones.
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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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When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.
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The 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.
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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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Poverty disproportionately affects women around the world.
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We [with Bill Gates] started to make decisions about what we’d invest in. Then I actually started traveling for the foundation. I’ve probably been to India now eight times at least and Africa numerous times.
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With economic opportunity, sometimes it’s making sure that if they’re not in a place where they can have good jobs, that when they have economic opportunity, they have digital tools to use.
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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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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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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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When we better understand the realities of these women’s lives, we are able to design and deliver solutions that are more useful to them.
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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.
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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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Take 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.
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