In the developing world, it's about time that women are on the agenda. For instance, 80 percent of small-subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
We also ought to recognize that unpaid labor falls predominantly to women. The other thing I would do in countries like the… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
The fact that 98 percent of women in [the U.S.] who are sexually experienced say they use birth control doesn't make sex… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
In the United States, there's definitely some controversy about birth control in general, and I think we needed to split the debate… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
My undergraduate work was in computer science and economics. It just happened to be at that time when 34 percent of computer-science… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
I've travelled extensively in the last 16 years - to slums in Bangladesh, to townships in South Africa, to all kinds of places in… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
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… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
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… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Contraceptives unlock one of the most dormant, but potentially powerful assets in development: women as decision-makers. When women have the power to make choices… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
When girls are educated and free to pursue their passions, they contribute more to a thriving society. When women have a voice, they raise… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is not about the money. It's about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
In different places you run into myths around vaccination or around family planning. In the United States, one of the myths that existed for… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
![“The fact that 98 percent of women in [the U.S.] who are sexually experienced say they use birth control doesn't make sex any less sacred. It just means that they're getting to make choices about their lives.” quote by Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ab9/melinda-gates-3776_birth_the-fact-that-98-percent-of-women-in-the_2609913.jpg)
