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Melinda Gates Pledges $1 Billion To Promote Female Empowerment Over The Next Decade

Paul Bois
Melinda Gates Pledges $1 Billion To Promote Female Empowerment Over The Next Decade
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Melinda Gates, the wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, has pledged to spend up to $1 billion over the next 10 years to promote gender equality.

In an op-ed for Time magazine published on Wednesday, Gates, who has routinely pushed population control in third-world countries, announced her commitment to seeing more women in positions of power throughout the United States.

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