Melinda French Gates will donate $1 billion over the next two years to women and family rights around the globe, including reproductive rights in the post-Dobbs era.
“As shocking as it is to contemplate, my 1-year-old granddaughter may grow up with fewer rights than I had,” French Gates wrote in a New York Times op-ed published Tuesday.
The philanthropist, who announced earlier this month she’d step down from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and who separated from Microsoft founder Bill Gates three years ago, said her decision comes amid a backdrop of political violence against women and maternal health concerns globally.
She pointed out that women across the U.S. states have lost the right to terminate a pregnancy under almost any circumstances.
“We remain the only advanced economy without any form of national paid family leave. And the number of teenage girls experiencing suicidal thoughts and persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness is at a decade high,” she wrote.
“Despite the pressing need, only about 2% of charitable giving in the United States goes to organizations focused on women and girls, and only about half a percentage point goes to organizations focused on women of color specifically,” she added.
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