The Moment of Lift

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For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission Her goal, as co chair of the Bill 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.In this candid and inspiring book, 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.Convinced that all women should be free to decide whether and when to have children, Gates took her first step onto the global stage to make a stand for family planning That step launched her into further efforts to ensure women everywhere have access to every kind of job to encourage men around the globe to share equally in the burdens of household work to advocate for paid family leave for everyone to eliminate gender bias in all its forms.Throughout, Gates introduces us to her heroes in the movement towards equality, offers startling data, shares moving conversations she s had with women from all over the world and shows how we can all get involved. Best Download The Moment of Lift [ author ] Melinda Gates [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I would say this even if I weren t married to the author The Moment of Lift is a terrific read.It is a wise, honest, and beautifully written book about how empowering women lifts up everyone None of that will be surprising to anyone who knows Melinda Although it took her about a year to write, in a way she has been working on it her whole life The Moment of Lift is about the women who have inspired Melinda, starting with her own mother, through her colleagues at Microsoft, and continuing t I would say this even if I weren t married to the author The Moment of Lift is a terrific read.It is a wise, honest, and beautifully written book about how empowering women lifts up everyone None of that will be surprising to anyone who knows Melinda Although it took her about a year to write, ... If you invest in a girl or a woman, you re investing in everyone else. I did not realise the depth of philanthropy that Melinda Gates is invested in She is seriously invested in the rights of women and making womenempowered around the world She works tirelessly within her organisation the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation I knew nothing of the work undertaken by this organisation, they certainly use their wealth for excellent means Melinda travels around the world, stays with famili If you invest in a girl or a woman, you re investing in everyone else. I did not realise the depth of philanthropy that Melinda Gates is invested in She is seriously invested in the rights of women and making womenempowered around the world She works tirelessly within her organisation the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation I knew nothing of the work undertaken by this organisation, they certainly use their wealth for excellent means Melinda travels around the world, stays with families, gets to know people at an intricate level and learns so much about what is happening to women at a basic level and is making progress The simple right to contraception is one of the biggest themes here, Melinda is a Catholic and does not let this get in the way of her important work There were some great quotes that I wish I had written down but did not as this was an audio read, skillfully narrated by the author I love to listen to the aut...A woman on a mission to save other women from despair, poverty, and the ills that effect every aspect of society today.It s a man s world and nothing has changed Yet Melinda Gates is determined to weave a new pattern in this bundle of yarn one that will help those around the world get the help they deserve through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.Empowerment Validation Assurances of a better life Sounds so cozy but can it be accomplished and I wonder can we start at home before going abr A woman on a mission to save other women from despair, poverty, and the ills that effect every aspect of society today.It s a man s world and nothing has changed Yet Melinda Gates is determined to weave a new pattern in this bundle of yarn one that will help those around the world get the help they deserve through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.Empowerment Validation Assurances of a better life Sounds so cozy but can it be accomplished and I wonder can we start at home before going abroad Look I have not had the white picket fence dream fulfilled I married a man I thought would love, honor, obey but instead I got a devil in disguise After being left homeless, bankrupt, without i...I received a copy of this book from a Goodreads First Reads Giveaway in exchange for an honest review.This book was around 3.5 stars for me While Melinda Gates is open about her faith and her experience and why she believes in supporting women I wish this book had dug deeper There are powerful anecdotes about child brides and women who died in childbirth where Gates explained these are the experiences that moved her and even stories about her own marriage and how the Gates discuss their domes I received a copy of this book from a Goodreads First Reads Giveaway in exchange for an honest review.This book was around 3.5 stars for me While Melinda Gates is open about her faith and her experience and why she believes in supporting women I wish this book had dug deeper There are powerful anecdotes about child brides and women who died in childbirth where Gates explained these are the experiences that moved her and even stories about her own marr...TheI read, theI got into the book Chapters 5 and 9 are my favorite ones In Chapter 5, I loved reading about Melinda s personal story with Bill and showed me what an equal partnership really means Chapter 9 wraps up the book beautifully with much wisdom about people living in the margins and how we should face the pain and instead create a world of inclusion.Below are the book passages that I took note of on OneNote, as I was reading the book.Pg 149 Killian says, To be known wi TheI read, theI got into the book Chapters 5 and 9 are my favorite ones In Chapter 5, I loved reading about Melinda s personal story with Bill and showed me what an equal partnership really means Chapter 9 wraps up the book beautifully with much wisdom about people living in the margins and how we should face the pain and instead create a world of inclusion.Below are the book passages that I took note of on OneNote, as I was reading the book.Pg 149 Killian says, To be known without being loved is terrifying To be loved without being known has no power to change us But to be deeply kno...I have to say this book by Melinda Gates has grabbed my attention from start to finish I cancelled my entire day to read her book cover to cover and then I sent her a message on Twitter My senses of well being and support for other women have been encouraged in the right ways from this book I have always tried to inspire women of all ages to get involved in working in science, and technologies that are coming to the marketplace I only wish I could do evenwell this book really drives it I have to say this book by Melinda Gates has grabbed my attention from start to finish I cancelled my entire day to read her book cover to cover and then I sent her a message on Twitter My senses of well being and support for other women have been encouraged in the right ways from this book I have always tried to inspire women of all ages to get involved in working in science, and technologies that are coming to the marketplace I only wish I could do evenwell this book really drives it home for me and I will be sharing this book with many women who need to read and become inspired as well She has always set her goa...5 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN this is a must read Gates opened my eyes to a whole other side of women empowerment She adressed a lot of different issues, many that seem forgotten in today s society there s a particular focus on developing countries and on her and Bill s foundation She s clearly educated and passionate about her work but her tone is very down to earth, which I loved A lot of what she said resonated with me and I think this is exactly what its intended to be educational 5 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN this is a must read Gates opened...Just over halfway through, and I am enjoying it I was inherently interested in what her perspective might be, since she is so uniquely informed and positioned to speak on global health and welfare issues as well as what drives the wealthy to charity In that sense, whatever she says will be interesting Which is good, because this is not a gripping tale She s info...Joan of Arc spit on her death proclamation at the stake That is empowerment Tell me when you can be that Joan ladies We will not see the likes of Joan again in the history of this dying, dead earth.So we know Mother Theresa wore a habit and drank donkey milk What saint Joan of Arc, I love you crazy days higher, I have for you a bouquet of shimmering nights skies.Joan of Arc slew the English at 17, she didn t wear pink, she wore entrails, at 19, she gouged out a guard s eye at the stake I Joan of Arc spit on her death proclamation at the stake That is empowerment Tell me when you can be that Joan ladies We will not see the likes of Joan again in the history of this dying, dead earth.So ...For this book I need to make a whole new shelf called abandoned with hatred and anger.If you haven t heard that people and children die in Africa because of poverty, hunger no health care etc, and if you haven t heard that people in poor African countries have many children, who die under age of five, and you have no idea that in Africa they had no education, and you haven t heard about inexplicably rich people form western world, known as philanthropists, who go there and try to help those po For this book I need to make a whole new shelf called abandoned with hatred and anger.If you haven t heard that people and children die in Africa because of poverty, hunger no health care etc, and if you haven t heard that people in poor African countries have many children, who die under age of five, and you have no idea that in Africa they had no education, and you haven t heard about inexplicably rich peo...

The Moment of Lift
  • English
  • 03 February 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 273 pages
  • 1250313570
  • Melinda Gates
  • The Moment of Lift