I am inspired by the women I meet everywhere I go. They have to work so hard just to make sure their… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
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
Take time to learn about the lives of women around the world-and try to play a small part in their fight to… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
I think the Americans need to understand that a lot of times the children are bored in school, and that is why… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
We set out what's going to be our work time versus our foundation time versus family time, and we'll reassess that... sometimes… — 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… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Mothers might say they'd go to the doctor. In poor countries, moms are usually responsible for their kids' health. But breastfeeding and… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Think, for a moment, about our educational ladder. We've strengthened the steps lifting students from elementary school to junior high, and those… — 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
