Gates traces her awakening to the link between women"s empowerment and the health of societies For the last 20 years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission. Her goal, as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: If you want to lift a society up, invest in women. In this candid and inspiring book, Gates traces her awakening to the link between women"s empowerment and the health of societies, says a review published on goodreads.com. She shows some of the tremendous opportunities that exist right now to “turbo-charge” change. And she provides simple and effective ways each one of us can make a difference. Throughout, Gates introduces us to her heroes in the movement toward equality, offers startling data, shares moving conversations she has had with women from all over the world—and shows how we can all get involved.