When we invest in women, we invest in a powerful source of global development

Bill and I both firmly believe that even the most difficult global health problems can be solved.

When girls are educated and free to pursue their passions, they contribute more to a thriving society. When women have a voice, they raise it to demand a life that is greater than what they've been told they have a right to expect. And these demands change the future for everyone.

If we don't empower women, we don't allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.

When were you born, who are your parents, where did you grow up? None of us earns these things. These things were given to us. So when we strip away all of our luck and our privilege, and we consider where we'd be without them, it becomes much easier to see someone who's poor and say, "That could be me." And that's empathy.

I'm wholehearted about whatever I do.

You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.