Melinda Gates’ $1 Billion Gender Equality Initiative Will Fail If It Ignores Abortion Rights

Melinda Gates’ $1 Billion Gender Equality Initiative Will Fail If It Ignores Abortion Rights

Oct 18, 2019
Danielle Stouck

Earlier this month, philanthropist Melinda Gates announced that, over the next ten years, she will invest $1 billion in new efforts to achieve gender equality in the United States.

This is certainly cause for optimism. Here’s the best-case scenario: Gates’ investment through her company, Pivotal Ventures, will support feminist organizations and activists fighting for a seat at the decision-making table. Priority for funding will be given to the historically marginalized women in this country—including women of color, poor women, indigenous women, disabled women, queer women, and trans women.

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