You Are Indebted To Life Until You

We Have To Look At It Country By Country. In Places Like The Developing World Where, As You Say, In Mumbai, It's About Five Hours' Gap Between What A Woman Does And A Man Does. You Have To Start By Recognizing The Problem And Talking About It, Trying To Change Those Roles.

We Started Our Foundation Because We Believe We Have A Real Opportunity To Help Advance Equity Around The World, To Help Make Sure That, No Matter Where A Person Is Born, He Or She Has The Chance To Live A Healthy, Productive Life.

If I Really Believe All Lives Have Equal Value, And If I Use Contraceptives, Which I Do, And If I'm Counselling My Son And My Two Daughters To Use Them, How Am I Not Serving The Women Who Don't Have Access To The Contraceptives They Need?

If You Look Back At History, [dale ] Carnegie Highlighted The Need For Libraries To Be A Place Where Everyone Could Go To Read If You Didn't Have Access To Books. Philanthropy Can Be A Place That'll Take A Risk Or Point To Areas To Make Sure They Are The Right Government Investments To Reduce Inequalities.

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.