Society · 20 min
The Moment of Lift
By Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates reveals how investing in women and girls creates a cascading 'moment of lift' that transforms families, communities, and entire societies.
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Society
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20 min
What it is about
Women's Empowerment, Global Development, Social Change
Who it is for
If you often feel that global challenges are too vast to tackle, this will resonate as a clear, actionable path to understanding true leverage, and this will help you see what to do next.
The author
As co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda Gates has spent two decades traveling the world, meeting women and girls, and observing firsthand how their empowerment is the most powerful catalyst for global progress.
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