The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2019

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Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Introduction and Chapter 1

Chapters 2-3

Chapters 4-6

Chapters 7-8

Chapter 9 and Epilogue

Key Figures

Themes

Index of Terms

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation enacted numerous programs to empower women around the world. Citing specific examples, discuss the impact of the foundation in the spheres of health, education, and employment.

How do family planning and paid family leave empower women?

The education of girls and women is one of the most effective ways to uplift communities as a whole. What are three obstacles to women’s education? What can be done to overcome these obstacles?

How did the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation approach gender imbalance in farming?

Discuss Melinda Gates’s faith as it relates to her philanthropic work.

Why was 2006 a turning point for Melinda Gates? What changes did she make in her philanthropic work and why?

Discuss the opposition to contraceptives in relation to conservative views about female sexuality.

What is Melinda Gates’s stance on the Trump Administration? Which of his policies harm poor women in particular?

What roles do dialogue and empathy play in how the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation practice philanthropy?

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Discuss the interrelated role of anecdote and data in Melinda Gates’s memoir.