Opinion: Want to Empower Women Worldwide? Give Them Access to Contraceptives
by The Daily Eye Team February 6 2017, 12:23 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 26 secsMelinda Gates shares why she advocates for over 225 million women around the globe who still lack access to modern contraceptives. Like most women I know, I have used contraceptives for many years. I knew I wanted to work both before and after becoming a mom, so I delayed getting pregnant until Bill and I were sure we were ready to start our family. Twenty years later, we have three children, born almost exactly three years apart. None of that happened by accident.