Melinda French Gates is a philanthropist, businesswoman, and global advocate for women and girls.
As the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda sets the direction and priorities of the world's largest philanthropy. She is also the founder of Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company working to drive social progress for women and families in the United States.
Melinda grew up in Dallas, Texas. She received a bachelor's degree in computer science from Duke University and an MBA from Duke's Fuqua School. Melinda spent the first decade of her career developing multimedia products at Microsoft before leaving the company to focus on her family and philanthropic work. She lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband, Bill. They have three children, Jenn, Rory, and Phoebe.
For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission 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, you need to stop keeping women down.
In this moving and compelling book, Melinda shares lessons she’s learned from the inspiring people she’s met during her work and travels around the world. As she writes in the introduction, “That is why I had to write this book―to share the stories of people who have given focus and urgency to my life. I want all of us to see ways we can lift women up where we live.”
Melinda’s unforgettable narrative is backed by startling data as she presents the issues that most need our attention―from child marriage to lack of access to contraceptives to gender inequity in the workplace. And, for the first time, she writes about her personal life and the road to equality in her own marriage. Throughout, she shows how there has never been more opportunity to change the world―and ourselves.
Writing with emotion, candor, and grace, she introduces us to remarkable women and shows the power of connecting with one another.
When we lift others up, they lift us up, too.
發表於2025-02-07
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三思逍遙:比爾·蓋茨這媳婦是他媽給他欽定的,自己的戀人被老媽給否瞭,蓋茨也是個包辦婚姻的犧牲品。我記得當初這兩的結婚協議也驚天動地,蓋茨要欽定未婚妻梅琳達簽署同意他每年用一個周末時間,獨自和前戀人討論生物高科技,討論地點在前戀人的一個海邊彆墅裏。梅琳達後來...
評分三思逍遙:比爾·蓋茨這媳婦是他媽給他欽定的,自己的戀人被老媽給否瞭,蓋茨也是個包辦婚姻的犧牲品。我記得當初這兩的結婚協議也驚天動地,蓋茨要欽定未婚妻梅琳達簽署同意他每年用一個周末時間,獨自和前戀人討論生物高科技,討論地點在前戀人的一個海邊彆墅裏。梅琳達後來...
評分說來慚愧,讀瞭Melinda的《The moment of lift》,纔算清楚地明白瞭基金會為什麼會介入Gender Equality的議題,也明白瞭它為什麼會和農業項目、普惠金融項目全並到一起,成為平行於“全球健康”、“全球發展”的第三個部門,並被命名為“全球增長機會”(Global Growth Oppotun...
評分三思逍遙:比爾·蓋茨這媳婦是他媽給他欽定的,自己的戀人被老媽給否瞭,蓋茨也是個包辦婚姻的犧牲品。我記得當初這兩的結婚協議也驚天動地,蓋茨要欽定未婚妻梅琳達簽署同意他每年用一個周末時間,獨自和前戀人討論生物高科技,討論地點在前戀人的一個海邊彆墅裏。梅琳達後來...
評分The subtitle ‘how empowering women changes the world’ sounds as if empowering women needs further justification, a grander reason than because women are marginalized and suppressed by all means. Women need to be empowered to have equal opportunities just ...
圖書標籤: 女性 英文原版 比爾蓋茨 人文社科 成長 自我完善 英文版 美國
相比男性,當女性獲得資源,會更多的反饋迴傢庭;所以想要改善一個群體,最好先提升群體中的女性。
評分Sincere. Stories in the book, esp. the last chapter, is very helpful to me in this difficult time when I see wrong but have no power to right it.
評分“If you want to lift up humanity, empower women.” 篇幅不長但用瞭很多Melinda在Gates Foundation和微軟工作時與生活中的經曆和例子很全麵地展現瞭全球女性在生活工作傳統文化婚姻中遭受的不公,以及應該如何做纔能更好地改變現狀,教育移情閤作由內而外的改變等,文風簡單溫和但觀點健全有力;朋友作為貧睏二代移民因成績優異拿到Gates奬學金完成大學學業並迴到孟加拉的女子大學任教,迴美後又繼續深造拿到Women's Studies的MA,形成良性循環-改變從自身開始,但仍需社會觀念的革新和各方力量的幫助。
評分寫得還不錯 可以在茶餘飯後 需要uplift一下道德情操時候聽一聽
評分how to empower women would be my lifetime pursuit
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