Embracing Feminism Can Change Philanthropy and Create a More Equitable World
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Melinda French Gates’s Pivotal Ventures invests in funds that prioritize companies led by women and people of color.
The overlapping crises of the past year have laid bare the complicated realities facing women today. In one reality, wealthy, powerful women across the globe are leading and succeeding as never before. In another, poor and middle-income women are falling behind in education and careers at a troubling rate.
In the last year, the United States elected its first female vice president. Women-led countries like New Zealand showed the world how to lead responsibly and effectively during a pandemic. And new laws demonstrated the power of feminist movements to create change, including Argentina legalizing abortion and Scotland becoming the first country to make all menstrual products free.