Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Celebrating women’s economic power, every day

Celebrating women’s economic power, every day

Ideas

Read the latest stories, research, and news from across the foundation.
Melinda French Gates and Claudia Goldin

What Melinda French Gates asked a Nobel Prize winner about women and power

Watch Professor Claudia Goldin share with Melinda French Gates three lessons from her research on upskilling individuals, economic power, and the need for more women economists.
Dr. Loice Achieng Ombajo

The compassionate doctor

Videos

Womens Economic Power

What does Women’s Economic Power mean?

Why we must go beyond empowerment programs and build economic systems that work for women.
Darlington Akoko

A scientist uses AI to give Africans control of their health

Darlington Akogo, Founder & CEO of minoHealth AI Labs, discusses how his product can save lives with a “digital doctor.”
Bill Gates with polio survivors and their families.

Bill Gates talks with polio survivors

Why is polio eradication important? On his recent trip to Brussels, Bill Gates sat down with polio survivors and their families (hosted by Jacob Beautemps from Breaking Lab) to learn about their experiences with this preventable disease.

Foundation facts

For the year ended December 31, 2022. Amount in U.S. dollars.

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Our role

For 20 years, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been committed to fighting the greatest inequities in the world.

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Learn about the origins of the foundation and the values that drive our work.