Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates
Melinda Ann Gates, DBE is an American businesswoman and philanthropist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth15 August 1964
CountryUnited States of America
girl country school
Around 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.
positive success inspiration
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.
girl people investing
When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.
light use be-careful
We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.
opportunity sometimes good-job
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.
world philanthropy resources
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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A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.
self want loved-ones
All women, everywhere, have the same hopes: we want to be self-sufficient and create better lives for ourselves and our loved ones.
girl country real
We also ought to recognize that unpaid labor falls predominantly to women. The other thing I would do in countries like the U.S. is to show more men, even in TV ads, doing household work. Only two percent of ads show men doing chores, and yet we know they actually do several hours of it in real life. Those images affect young boys and girls.
husband couple opportunity
As a woman finds economic opportunity, even if she's only earning a couple of dollars a day, if she can save it on her phone, she then makes different decisions for her household than her husband might.
economy labor
Our economies are built on the backs of all this unpaid labor that women do.
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All of a sudden people in the United States start to realize that vaccines make a difference. The controversy and the myth that's there, we're always trying to bust through that. So when I see a disease outbreak, I say to myself, "OK, that'll get people realizing how lucky we are to have vaccines."
inspiring girl investing
If you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.
mother dream daughter
It's important to remember that behind every data point is a daughter, a mother, a sister—a person with hopes and dreams.