We have to look at it country by country. In places like the developing world where, as you say, in Mumbai, it's… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
The world is full of what seem like intractable problems. Often we let that paralyze us. Instead, let is spur you to… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
The biggest killers of children around the world are two things: diarrhea and pneumonia. When you think about it, in the United… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
When I look at 225 million women who want contraceptives, and then I look at the 52 million unintended pregnancies that could… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
We look in our own backyard and say, 'How do we help at-risk families, at risk youth? How do we think through… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Bill and I both firmly believe that even the most difficult global health problems can be solved. — 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
