Jay Little

“Depending on a culture’s fears and biases, Jews can be treated as outsiders. Muslims can be treated as outsiders. Christians can be treated as outsiders. The poor are always outsiders. The sick are often outsiders. People with disabilities can be treated as outsiders. Members of the LGBTQ community can be treated as outsiders. Immigrants are almost always outsiders. And in most every society, women can be made to feel like outsiders—even in their own homes.”
― Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

“Men who share caregiving duties are happier. They have better relationships. They have happier children. When fathers take on at least 40 percent of the childcare responsibilities, they are at lower risk for depression and drug abuse, and their kids have higher test scores, stronger self-esteem, and fewer behavioral problems.”
― Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

“I’ve come to learn that stigma is always an effort to suppress someone’s voice. It forces people to hide in shame.”
― Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

“It’s the mark of a backward society—or a society moving backward—when decisions are made for women by men. That’s what’s happening right now in the US. These are not policies that would be in place if women were making decisions for themselves. That’s why it’s heartening to see the surge of women activists across the country who are spending their time knocking on doors, supporting family planning, and changing their lives by running for office.”
― Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World