Melinda French Gates To Donate $1 Billion Over Next Two Years In Support Of Women’s Rights
FILE - Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Melinda French Gates speaks at the forum Empowering Women as Entrepreneurs and Leaders during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, on April 13, 2023. French Gates says she will be donating $1 billion over the next two years to individuals and organizations working on behalf of women and families globally, including on reproductive rights in the United States. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) – Melinda French Gates says she will be donating $1 billion over the next two years to individuals and organizations working on behalf of women and families globally, including on reproductive rights in the United States.
French Gates, who is known as one of the biggest philanthropic supporters of gender equity in the U.S., said in a guest essay for The New York Times on Tuesday that she’s been frustrated over the years by people who say it’s not the right time to talk about gender equality.