You can have the best vaccines for a woman or her child, but if you can't get her to come and get them then they won't work.
Melinda GatesNow, as smartphones are coming up, there are all kinds of apps that will start to be developed that will help women.
Melinda GatesIt is still just unbelievable to us that diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child deaths in the world.
Melinda GatesLike in Africa, if somebody doesn't have fuel, they're still going and collecting firewood. If they get an oven, that's a huge difference. You can do things to reduce the inequities by making sure that they can get clean energy, safe energy. To make sure they're not having to collect water every day. That's huge for women in the developing world.
Melinda GatesContraceptives unlock one of the most dormant, but potentially powerful assets in development: women as decision-makers. When women have the power to make choices about their families, they tend to decide precisely what demographers, economists, and development experts recommend. They invest in the long-term human capital of their families.
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