I'm Happy We Have Three Healthy Children

If You Can't Travel To The Developing World, Look At Helping To Fund A Woman With A Small Loan And Follow Her. Learn Her Story. Learn About The Difference That You're Making.

If You Are Successful, It Is Because Somewhere, Sometime, Someone Gave You A Life Or An Idea That Started You In The Right Direction. Remember Also That You Are Indebted To Life Until You Help Some Less Fortunate Person, Just As You Were Helped.

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.

Sanitation Issues In The Developing World Affect Women More Than They Affect Men.