Melinda Gates just promised to put $1 billion towards gender equality over the next 10 years, and she says she has 3 priorities she wants to focus on

'I want to see more women in the position to make decisions, control resources, and shape policies and perspectives,' Melinda Gates wrote in Time.

Melinda Gates plans to spend $1 billion over the next decade in hopes of reducing gender equality, the philanthropist and investor announced in an essay she wrote for Time. In the essay, published October 2, Gates wrote that she has three priorities for the funds: making it easier for women to advance professionally; increasing gender diversity in the technology, public affairs, and media fields; and jumpstarting reforms in male-dominated organizations.

Melinda Gates plans to spend $1 billion over the next decade in hopes of reducing gender equality, the philanthropist and investor announced in an essay she wrote for Time. In the essay, published October 2, Gates wrote that she has three priorities for the funds: making it easier for women to advance professionally; increasing gender diversity in the technology, public affairs, and media fields; and jumpstarting reforms in male-dominated organizations.

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