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We are committed to grand ideas that spur innovation

Learn about the Power of Science and Innovation
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A community health volunteer, Mesaid, conducts meets with an expectant mother, Chizi, in Mariakani, Kenya.

Melinda French Gates on how leaders can boost women’s economic power

The case for doing so has never been stronger, argues the philanthropist.
By Melinda French Gates Co-chair, Board Member, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Joan, a businesswoman, tends to her flock inside a poultry house at her home in Naivasha, Kenya.

Agricultural innovation and improved nutrition are necessary for a climate-stressed world

By Rodger Voorhies President, Global Growth & Opportunity, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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