The right to:Spend your own money. Go to school. Earn an income. Access contraceptives. Work outside the home. Walk outside the home. Choose whom to marry. Get a loan. Start a business. Own property. Divorce a husband. See a doctor. Drive a car.All of these rights are denied to women in some parts of the world.A Sunday Times bestselling debut from Melinda Gates, a timely and necessary call to action for women's empowerment.'How can we summon a moment of lift for human beings - and especially for women? Because when you lift up women, you lift up humanity.'For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: If you want to lift a society up, you need to stop keeping women down.In this moving and compelling book, Melinda shares the stories of the inspiring people she's met during her work and travels around the world and the lesso