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Even In Our Own Agriculture Strategy, If We Got A Great New Drought-resistant Seed And We Managed To Get It Distributed In The System, We Just Assumed That It Would Reach Female Farmers. That's A False Assumption, Because Women Don't Interact With Agro-dealers. So If You Don't Develop Specific Programming To Ensure That Seed Gets In A Woman's Hands, Then The Extra Income [generated By Higher-yielding Crops] Goes Into Her Husband's Hands.

Philanthropy Is Not About The Money. It's About Using Whatever Resources You Have At Your Fingertips And Applying Them To Improving The World.

When I Look At 225 Million Women Who Want Contraceptives, And Then I Look At The 52 Million Unintended Pregnancies That Could Be Avoided By Addressing This Unmet Need, Where Can We Have The Biggest Impact With Our Voice, Our Dollars, Our Partners? It's On Contraceptives. I Would Rather Address The Problem Upstream.

When I Studied Computer Science At Duke University In The First Half Of The 1980s, I Had Professors Who Treated Women Differently Than Men. I Kind Of Got Used To It. At Microsoft, I Had To Use My Elbows And Make Sure I Spoke Up At The Table, But It Was An Incredibly Meritocratic Place. Outside, In The Industry, I Would Feel The Sexism. I'd Walk Into A Room And Until I Proved My Worth, Everyone Would Assume That The Guy Presenting With Me Had Credibility And I Didn't.

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