{"id":1203,"date":"2026-06-04T17:04:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2026-06-04T17:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:04:49","slug":"melinda-french-gates-donates-215-million-to-improve-womens-health-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1203","title":{"rendered":"Melinda French Gates donates $215 million to improve women&#8217;s health worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Philanthropist Melinda French Gates will expand her giving to improve women\u2019s health globally, pledging another $215 million to support contraceptive access and maternal care, as well as initiatives aimed at middle-aged women, including further study of menopause.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1201\">FedEx shutters Phoenix facility, lays off 101 workers as part of network overhaul<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new funding announced Thursday pushes French Gates\u2019 donations for women\u2019s health over $600 million in the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>French Gates told The Associated Press in an interview that women\u2019s health is the cornerstone of the work she does through Pivotal, the group of organizations she founded to handle her philanthropy and investments. \u201cIt\u2019s just blaringly obvious that women\u2019s health is fundamental \u2014 she has to be well to do well in life,\u201d French Gates said.<\/p>\n<p><b>RELATED STORY | <\/b><b>Night sweats and heat surges: New drug takes aim at menopause symptoms<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Since 2024, when she stepped away from The Gates Foundation, which she founded with her now ex-husband Bill Gates and built into one of the world\u2019s largest private funders of health care, French Gates has honed her approach to supporting women.<\/p>\n<p>This latest round of funding reflects an increasingly strategic approach to areas she feels are underfunded. It includes a $40 million donation to Co-Impact for an initiative that embeds mental health support into maternal and primary care, especially in Africa. And French Gates hopes her $10 million donation to the Menopause Society to improve menopause care in the United States, by educating healthcare practitioners and expanding outreach in areas where care is limited, will encourage other funders to begin working on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>According to the World Economic Forum, even though women make up half the population, the health issues that specifically affect them only get 2% of private healthcare funds. The lack of funding has resulted in a lack of products and services dedicated to treating them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe role of philanthropy, in my opinion, is to look at some of these societal problems that have been left behind, and shine light on them, show ways of making progress so you can then crowd in other donors and ultimately crowd in government funding,\u201d she said. \u201cPart of what I\u2019m doing here, I hope, is sending a signal to say, \u2018This is really important. Let\u2019s do something about it.\u2019 And my hope is that I\u2019ll be able to get others who will join me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Stephanie Faubion, medical director of The Menopause Society and director of The Mayo Clinic\u2019s Center for Women\u2019s Health, said the United States currently has about 6,000 counties where patients have critically low access to menopause-competent clinicians. She said the donation will allow The Menopause Society to offer its educational resources to more areas of the country that need them.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1199\">Summer vacation feels out of reach for many Americans. Here\u2019s how to save<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMenopause remains one of the most overlooked and underserved areas in medicine, and The Menopause Society believes women deserve better,\u201d Faubion said. \u201cWe\u2019re ready to make those changes with the support of donors like Pivotal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Research into menopause treatments was already underfunded, even before recent medical research cuts made by President Donald Trump\u2019s administration went into effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think philanthropy is going to fill a greater role than it ever has in the past because we are just not going to have the same type of government funding that we\u2019ve had before,\u201d she said. \u201cFunding is hard to come by these days \u2013 much, much harder than it was before. And the need hasn\u2019t gone away. We still have to do the research somehow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>IN CASE YOU MISSED IT | <\/b><b>MacKenzie Scott gives $70 million to UNCF to financially strengthen HBCUs<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Faubion said the substantial size of French Gates\u2019 gift is important, but the attention it brings may be even more crucial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shows that somebody like Melinda Gates and Pivotal feel that this is an important issue,\u201d Faubion said. \u201cIt will illuminate the gaps that are still there\u2026 and it makes people not only aware, but maybe motivated to take some action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For French Gates, bringing more attention to these women\u2019s issues is nearly as important as increasing the funding for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want women\u2019s health issues to not be invisible,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t want the default to be that women are expected to deal with pain and suffering. 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