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![New York Times: Philanthropists Award $40 Million to Help Advance Gender Equity](/img/pyro/images/news-1.jpg)
New York Times: Philanthropists Award $40 Million to Help Advance Gender Equity
July 29, 2021
![Equality Can’t Wait Challenge awards $40M to bold ideas to advance gender equality in the U.S.](/img/pyro/images/bending2.jpg)
Equality Can’t Wait Challenge awards $40M to bold ideas to advance gender equality in the U.S.
July 29, 2021
![We have what we need to create the America women deserve](/img/pyro/images/webinar_res.jpg)
We have what we need to create the America women deserve
March 8, 2021
![Melinda French Gates Announces Finalists in $40 Million Challenge](/img/pyro/images/bending2.jpg)
Melinda French Gates Announces Finalists in $40 Million Challenge
March 8, 2021
![$40M gender equality fund by French Gates, Scott picks finalists](/img/pyro/images/daunting.jpeg)
$40M gender equality fund by French Gates, Scott picks finalists
March 8, 2021
![Finalists Announced for the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge.](/img/pyro/images/covid2.jpg)
Finalists Announced for the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge.
March 8, 2021
![VIDEO: Q/A Webinar](/img/pyro/images/webinar_2.jpg)
VIDEO: Q/A Webinar
August 6, 2020
![Additional $10M Award for Organizations to Win Through the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge](/img/pyro/images/additional-funders2.jpg)
Additional $10M Award for Organizations to Win Through the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge
August 4, 2020
![Q&A Webinar August 4 - Save the Date](/img/pyro/images/webinar_res.jpg)
Q&A Webinar August 4 - Save the Date
July 23, 2020
![MacKenzie Scott And Melinda French Gates Team Up On $30 Million Gender Equity Contest](/img/pyro/images/teamup.jpg)
MacKenzie Scott And Melinda French Gates Team Up On $30 Million Gender Equity Contest
June 16, 2020
![Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott are partnering up to confront gender and racial inequality.](/img/pyro/images/partnering.jpg)
Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott are partnering up to confront gender and racial inequality.
June 16, 2020
![$30 Million Equality Can’t Wait Challenge to Help Expand Women’s Power and Influence in the U.S.](/img/pyro/images/bending3.jpg)
$30 Million Equality Can’t Wait Challenge to Help Expand Women’s Power and Influence in the U.S.
June 16, 2020
![‘COVID-19 does discriminate.’ It’s making it harder for women of color to get into tech.](/img/pyro/images/covid19_2.jpg)
‘COVID-19 does discriminate.’ It’s making it harder for women of color to get into tech.
June 8, 2020
![A Record Number of Women Have Filed to Run for House Seats in 2020](/img/pyro/images/record.jpg)
A Record Number of Women Have Filed to Run for House Seats in 2020
May 13, 2020
![A Second COVID Crisis is Coming](/img/pyro/images/covid2.jpg)
A Second COVID Crisis is Coming
April 24, 2020
![The Global Gender Gap](/img/pyro/images/gendergap.jpg)
The Global Gender Gap
December 16, 2019
![Melinda French Gates: Here's Why I'm Committing $1 Billion to Promote Gender Equality](/img/pyro/images/news-1.jpg)
Melinda French Gates: Here's Why I'm Committing $1 Billion to Promote Gender Equality
October 5, 2019
![Bending the Curve on Women's Power and Influence](/img/pyro/images/bending2.jpg)
Bending the Curve on Women's Power and Influence
October 5, 2019
![The daunting, damning number that should spur us to action](/img/pyro/images/daunting2.jpg)
The daunting, damning number that should spur us to action
June 24, 2019