In her book ‘When to Take off’, Melinda shares stories of inspirational people who helped her find the spotlight and the meaning that drives her life.
Melinda Gates (Melinda French) is famous for being the co-founder and implementation of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with the goal of “helping people live a healthy and productive life”.
During 20 years of searching for solutions for those in urgent need in life, Melinda realized, “If you want to improve a society, you need to stop lowering women.” That spirit is expressed by Melinda in the book Moment of takeoff – Empowering women to change the world ( The Moment of L ift ). New book was released in Vietnamese in April by Young Publishing House, translated by Tran Thi Ngan Tuyet. 
Melinda Gates and The Moment of Lift. Photo: AP. How to make wings for women? To justify the title of the book Time to take off Melinda brings readers back to their childhoods – a little girl born in a family whose father is an aviation engineer, directly participates in the Apollo program. Apollo’s rocket launches left a deep mark on Melinda. “These moments give me a deep vibe – especially the moment when the whole machine bursts into flames, the ground vibrates, and the rocket starts to go away,” Melinda wrote. 
Book of When to Take Off. Photo: Young Publishing House. For Melinda, the moment of takeoff is a miracle, it’s not just the moment when a spaceship, an artificial satellite, an airplane flies into the air, it leads the mind to many other layers of meaning, one of them. is the question: “Where can I fly my wings?” The time when the plane runs on the tarmac is always stressful, sometimes the plane takes off quickly, but sometimes it takes a lot of time. Melinda asks why that phenomenon, what takes us past the tipping point, when the force that pushes us up is greater than the force that holds us back and we lift ourselves off the ground, into the air. For more than 20 years traveling around the world looking for solutions to the vulnerable, Melinda has encountered many difficult situations. She met women who wanted to make their own decisions about when and when to have a baby, but they couldn’t. Many people are not entitled to rights such as: The right to decide whether to marry or not; the right to go to school; the right to have income; the right to walk outside the home; the right to divorce; the right to see a doctor … “How do we give wings to people – especially women?” Asked Melinda. When you give your wings to women, you are lifting humanity. She said that it is necessary to create a moment of takeoff in each person’s heart so that we all want to help women take their wings. “Sometimes just don’t pull them down and a woman can spread her wings,” Melinda wrote. 
Mrs. Melinda Gates and Mr. Bill Gates. Photo: Getty. Stories about inspirational people In Time to take off, Melinda shares touching stories she learns from inspirational people. These are the people she has met at work and on travel, whom Melinda calls “extraordinary”. Melinda tells about heroes who build schools, save lives, end war, empower girls, change stereotypes … The characters Melinda tells show the difference when women are pieced together. wing. “I think they’ll inspire you. Like how they inspired me, ”the author writes. Mrs. Melinda urged women and men to join hands to give their wings to women, and “when we work together for this mission, we are the wings”. Book Time to take off praised by many famous people and press. Former US President Barack Obama commented: “In her book, Melinda tells the story of the inspirational people she has met through her work around the world, informing and expressing in a powerful way. issues that need our attention – from child marriage to gender inequality in the workplace ”. Malala Yousafzai – the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner – wrote: “Melinda Gates has spent many years working with women around the world. This book is an imperative statement for an egalitarian society, where women are valued and recognized in all areas of life. Above all, it is a call for solidarity, inclusion and connection. We need this message more than ever ”. Melinda (her teenage name is Melinda French) was born in 1964 as a former employee of Microsoft company as product manager. In 1994, Melinda married Bill Gates, the couple had three children together. They founded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000. Since then, it has spent $ 53.8 billion on a series of initiatives related to global health, poverty reduction, and more. On May 3, Bill and Melinda said they had decided to divorce after 27 years.
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