Get to Know Melinda French Gates

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.5 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Melinda French Gates is a businesswoman, philanthropist, and advocate for women and girls around the world. Actress and Activist Malia Baker talks with philanthropist Melinda French Gates about empowering women, embracing change, and learning to trust oneself. Listen to see how small acts can create big ripples of positive change! This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This episode was produced and directed by Haley Dapkus. Sound design and mixing by John Marshall Media. Our executive producers are Joy Smith, Anjelika Temple, and Jes Wolfe. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi. A special thanks to Melinda French Gates and the whole Rebel Girls team, who made this podcast possible! Stay rebel!

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0:00.0	From the creators of Blues Clues and Team Umizumi, DreamWorks Gabby's Doll House is a delightful show that leads kids room to room through fantastical mini-worlds, irresistible kitty characters, and quirky adventures.
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0:32.3	with Gabby's Dollhouse. All new episodes are now playing on Netflix.
0:43.3	This is Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls. Hi, Rebels! I'm Aaliyah Baker, and today we're talking to businesswoman,
0:48.3	philanthropist, and advocate for women and girls all around the world, Melinda French Gates.
0:59.0	Hi, Melinda, we're so excited you're here with us today. Could you kick things off by telling us who you are and what you do?
1:05.0	Hi, thanks for having me. I'm Melinda French Gates and I'm a philanthropist and a mom of three adult children.
1:12.9	That's amazing. Two very, very important jobs. A philanthropist is someone who works to make the
1:18.7	world a better place by helping people in need. With so much going on in the world, how do you
1:23.4	decide which causes to work on? Well, I've been lucky enough to do philanthropy now for over 25 years.
1:29.3	And one of the things I have learned through that work is that society really changes
1:36.3	when men and women are equal.
1:38.3	And so I've really decided now to make my life's work focus on how do we make sure women have their full power in
1:46.2	society, their voice, their decision making, and their own resources. And so anything I do in
1:53.4	the philanthropic space these days really has to do with furthering women and making sure they get
1:59.2	their full power in society.
2:02.0	That is such an incredible mission, and honestly so necessary. When women have power, entire
2:07.8	communities thrive. When you're passionate about an issue, what are the first steps you take
2:12.4	to address it? When I find an issue that I'm passionate about or interested in working on, the first thing I do is try and go out and meet partners who are already working on it and meet people in the field to see what their lives are really like and how what the initiative we're going to bring might benefit them or not.
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