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Gates Foundation Shells Out $1.4 Billion For ‘Family Planning’

Ben Zeisloft
Gates Foundation Shells Out $1.4 Billion For ‘Family Planning’
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed $2.1 billion to gender equity initiatives — including $1.4 billion for “family planning.”

The nonprofit will also devote $650 million to female economic empowerment and $230 million to women’s leadership programs. The news comes two months after Bill and Melinda Gates filed for divorce and days after trustee Warren Buffett stepped down from the Gates Foundation.

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