Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

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全球財力最雄厚的私人基金會－－比爾與梅琳達．蓋茲基金會
為什麼讓巴菲特願意捐助300億美元，支持兩性平權？
梅琳達．蓋茲與讀者分享這段令人心碎又充滿啟發的歷程

「我們如何為人類――尤其為女性召喚提升的時刻？因為當你提升女性，也就提升了全人類」
25 年來，梅琳達˙蓋茲的使命一直是為那些無論住在哪裡、最有迫切需要的民眾找到對策。在這段旅程中，有一件事她越來越清楚：如果你想要提升一個社會的進步程度，就必須停止壓抑女性。
在這本感動又迷人的書中，梅琳達分享她從工作與旅行中認識的具啟發性人士身上所學到的教訓。如同她在導論中寫道，「所以我必須寫這本書，分享為我的人生帶來焦點與迫切性的那些人的故事。我希望大家能夠了解就近提升女性的方法。」
「我的目標不是讓女性崛起、男性跌落。而是希望男女都從爭奪宰制的地位變成夥伴的狀態。」
梅琳達根據驚人的資料提出令人難忘的敘述，呈現最需要我們關注的議題，從童婚、缺乏避孕用品到職場的性別不平等。還有，她第一次寫出自己的私生活以及她如何在與比爾˙蓋茲的婚姻中追求平等之路。整本書中，她顯示出從未有這麼大的機會能夠改變世界和自己。
她筆下情感洋溢、公正與優雅，介紹我們認識傑出女性並且證明了人際連結的力量。
當我們提升別人，他們也會提升我們。

本中文書介出自《提升的時刻》遠流出版事業股份有限公司出版

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How can we summon a moment of lift for human beings--and especially for women? Because when you lift up women, you lift up humanity.

For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission 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 society up, you need to stop keeping women down.

In this moving and compelling book, Melinda shares lessons she's learned from the inspiring people she's met during her work and travels around the world. As she writes in the introduction, "That is why I had to write this book--to share the stories of people who have given focus and urgency to my life. I want all of us to see ways we can lift women up where we live. "

Melinda's unforgettable narrative is backed by startling data as she presents the issues that most need our attention--from child marriage to lack of access to contraceptives to gender inequity in the workplace. And, for the first time, she writes about her personal life and the road to equality in her own marriage. Throughout, she shows how there has never been more opportunity to change the world--and ourselves.

Writing with emotion, candor, and grace, she introduces us to remarkable women and shows the power of connecting with one another.

When we lift others up, they lift us up, too.