Melinda Gates pledges $1 billion to boost the ‘power and influence’ of women in the U.S.
“Melinda Gates says gender inequality in the U.S. “keeps me up at night.”
The billionaire and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation cochair said in a Times op-ed that “a window of opportunity” for women has been “painstakingly pried open,” but she warned “there is no reason to believe this moment will last forever.” Gates used the op-ed to announce she’s spending $1 billion through her investment arm, Pivotal Ventures, to fight gender inequality”