The moment of lift : empowering women changes the world / Melinda Gates.
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TextPublisher: London : Bluebird Books for Life, 2020Description: viii, 273 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781529005516 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Gates, Melinda, 1964- | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Women's rights | Women -- Social conditions -- 21st century | Equality | Gender inequity | Society | Child marriageDDC classification: 305.4'2'092 Summary: For the last 20 years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission. Her goal, as co-chair of the Bill and 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. Candid and inspiring, in 'The Moment of Lift', Gates 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.
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Originally published: New York: Flatiron Books, 2019.
For the last 20 years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission. Her goal, as co-chair of the Bill and 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. Candid and inspiring, in 'The Moment of Lift', Gates 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.
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