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Articles by Melinda
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To my foundation colleagues and alumni
To my foundation colleagues and alumni
By Melinda French Gates
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The Book About Artificial Intelligence Everyone Needs to Read Right Now
The Book About Artificial Intelligence Everyone Needs to Read Right Now
By Melinda French Gates
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Why I’m Focusing on Getting More Women in Public Office
Why I’m Focusing on Getting More Women in Public Office
By Melinda French Gates
Contributions
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How can mentors help you navigate your career path?
When I was at Microsoft, I had a boss and mentor who had a huge impact on me as I was getting my foothold in the professional world. Her name was Patty Stonesifer. Everyone wanted to work for her because she made people feel supported and empowered to try new things. On our team, she helped create a culture where we could be honest about our strengths and weaknesses—and most importantly, where we could admit “I was wrong.” That was a big deal back then. Seeing how effectively Patty did her job without compromising her values helped me learn how to be myself at work. I stopped trying to conform to other people’s expectations, and to my surprise at the time, that made me more effective at my job. It changed the trajectory of my career.
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As usual, women in the U.S. are buckling under the weight of growing caregiving responsibilities, and, as usual, our society isn't getting them the…
As usual, women in the U.S. are buckling under the weight of growing caregiving responsibilities, and, as usual, our society isn't getting them the…
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I recently sat down with Jay Shetty to talk about embracing change, navigating imposter syndrome and perfectionism, and channeling my values into my…
I recently sat down with Jay Shetty to talk about embracing change, navigating imposter syndrome and perfectionism, and channeling my values into my…
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Publications
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Foreword for "Family, Affluence and Morality" by Peter Singer
Oxford University Press
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The Moment of Lift
Flatiron Books
The first book from Melinda French Gates, available in the U.S. on April 23, 2019.
For the last twenty years, Melinda French Gates has been on a mission. Her goal, as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: If you want to lift a society up, invest in women.
In this candid and inspiring book from Flatiron Books…The first book from Melinda French Gates, available in the U.S. on April 23, 2019.
For the last twenty years, Melinda French Gates has been on a mission. Her goal, as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: If you want to lift a society up, invest in women.
In this candid and inspiring book from Flatiron Books, Melinda traces her awakening to the link between women’s empowerment and the health of societies. She shows some of the tremendous opportunities that exist right now to “turbo-charge” change. And she provides simple and effective ways each one of us can make a difference.
Convinced that all women should be free to decide whether and when to have children, Melinda took her first step onto the global stage to make a stand for family planning. That step launched her into further efforts: to ensure women everywhere have access to every kind of job; to encourage men around the globe to share equally in the burdens of household work; to advocate for paid family and medical leave for everyone; to eliminate gender bias in all its forms.
Throughout, Melinda introduces us to her heroes in the movement towards equality, offers startling data, shares moving conversations she’s had with women from all over the world―and shows how we can all get involved.
A personal statement of passionate conviction, this book tells of Melinda’s journey from a partner working behind the scenes to one of the world’s foremost advocates for women, driven by the belief that no one should be excluded, all lives have equal value, and gender equity is the lever that lifts everything.
Melinda will be donating all the amounts she receives from this book to charity.
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