The news media provide a very particular case study of gender discrimination.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, gave their foundation $15 billion right before their divorce became final.
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Three scholars weigh in regarding the priorities of these wealthy American donors, who gave less to social service and racial justice groups than in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Martin Luther King Jr. is among the many big thinkers to question the importance of philanthropy.
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New payment models may mean more of the people who need these treatments can get them.
CEO Warren Buffett was surrounded by press and fans when he arrived at Berkshire Hathaway’s 2019 annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, in May 2019.
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The inefficient vaccine allocation rules currently in place must be replaced by new cooperative institutional structures and more concrete steps by the Group of Twenty (G20) countries.
The proposed database would focus on income.
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Licensing agreements between pharmaceutical companies and the Medicines Patent Pool, in cooperation with the WHO, could accelerate access to doses for the poorest countries.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation reacted more quickly when the COVID-19 pandemic began than most other foundations.
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Two scholars of philanthropy and geography who reviewed the numbers see cause for concern about the agility and priorities of grantmakers during a crisis.
A COVID-19 vaccine from China
(Sinovac) is prepared for the injection of health workers in Bandung, West Java.
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Reasons why women’s voices are ignored in science reporting range from socio-cultural influences that inform gender norms, to perceptions of leadership and political power structures.
Journalists need to be sensitised to the need for gender representation in media content.
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