1. 梅琳达：正是拯救儿童生命这一目标开启了我们的全球工作。虽然拯救儿童生命本身就是目的，但我们之后了解到这样做也能带来其他方面的好处。如果父母坚信他们的孩子能够存活如果他们有能力计划怀孕时间和安排怀孕间隔那么他们就会选择少生孩子。
Melinda:Saving childrens lives is the goal that launched our global work. Its an end in itself. But then we learned it has all these other benefits as well. If parents believe their children will surviveand if they have the power to time and space their pregnanciesthey choose to have fewer children.
比尔：当一位母亲可以选择生育孩子的数量时，她的子女就会更健康，获得更多营养，心智能力也会更高父母也会有更多的时间和财力花在每位子女的健康和学业方面。这样家庭和国家才能脱贫。挽救生命、更低的出生率和终结贫困之间的这种关系是我和梅琳达在全球健康方面所获得的最重要的一个早期经验。
Bill:When a mother can choose how many children to have, her children are healthier, theyre better nourished, their mental capacities are higherand parents have more time and money to spend on each childs health and schooling. Thats how families and countries get out of poverty. This link between saving lives, a lower birthrate, and ending poverty was the most important early lesson Melinda and I learned about global health.
2. 比尔：当女性获得与男性同等的机遇，家庭和社会就会欣欣向荣。性别平等无疑会释放女性的潜能，但其实这也会释放男性的潜能。性别平等可以解放男性，使他们能够与女性成为平等的伙伴，从而受益于女性的才智、坚韧和创意，而不是将精力浪费在打压女性的这些天赋上。
Bill:When women have the same opportunities as men, families and societies thrive.Obviously, gender equity unleashes womens potential, but it also unleashesmenspotential. It frees them to work as partners with women, so they can get the benefits of a womans intelligence, toughness, and creativity instead of wasting their energy trying to suppress those gifts.
3. 比尔：梅琳达和我一次又一次地发现社会的变革源于人们之间的交流这正是女性团体的神奇之处。如果你去一个村里观察，很难看到男性团体中的所有成员之间互相分享信息。通常情况是村里有一位最大的领导、还有几位服务该领导的幕僚以及一群在这几位幕僚手下工作的人。这种等级制度扼杀了交流，让人们无法谈论真正重要的事。女性团体就没有这种阻碍，所以她们更擅长传播信息，推动变革。
Bill:Melinda and I have seen over and over again that social change comes when people start talking to each otherand thats the magic of womens groups. If you go out in the village, youre rarely going to find a mens group where they all share information. Youll find a big man of the village, and the key aides to the big man, and people who work for the key aides. That hierarchy stifles conversation. It keeps people from talking about what matters. Womens groups dont get as caught up in that, so theyre better at spreading information and driving change.
