Melinda French Gates launches a $250 million women’s health fund
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Melinda French Gates is shedding more light on her $1 billion plan to promote women’s rights, announcing a new $250 million fund to improve women’s mental and physical health.
The billionaire philanthropist launched “Action for Women’s Health”, a fund through her organization Pivotal Ventures. Its webpage says that “women’s health has been underfunded, overlooked, and misunderstood” and that health inequities between men and women “not only impact women’s daily lives, but they can also hurt women’s futures.”
“It’s clear we need to do a better job of addressing the barriers to women’s health. The good news is that there are so many organizations around the world doing just that. We want to ensure they get the attention and funding they deserve,” according to the webpage, which directs interested organizations to apply to receive a share of funding.
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