Melinda French Gates: A New Fund for Women's Health

Melinda French Gates, a well-known philanthropist, has just announced a big plan to help women. She's starting a new fund called "Action for Women’s Health" with $250 million. This fund is part of her larger goal to support women's rights with $1 billion. The idea is to help women's health issues that aren't getting enough attention or money. French Gates says women's health is often ignored and misunderstood, which can affect their lives and futures. She wants to support organizations around the world that are already working on these issues. After the US Supreme Court's decision on abortion rights, she felt it was important to help in her own country too. She thinks that without enough money, groups fighting for women's rights can't do their best work. She wants to help them get the attention and funding they need. French Gates has been supporting reproductive rights internationally and now wants to do more in the US. In an interview, she said that the changes in abortion laws are having a bad impact. She hopes the US and other countries will never go back on laws about women's health. She also supports Kamala Harris, who has been talking about women's reproductive rights. French Gates thinks Harris understands what women need right now. French Gates is one of the richest and most famous people who give to charity. She left the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in June and got $12.5 billion to focus on her own work. She wants to help women and girls around the world.

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