NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Melinda French Gates, already one of the world's most prominent philanthropists, will now take on the job of publisher.
Gates has formed a nonfiction imprint with Flatiron Books, a division of Macmillan. The imprint, announced Tuesday by Macmillan, is called Moment of Lift Books and will launch with three releases about women and girls, starting in 2023.
鈥淲hile we鈥檝e made tremendous progress towards gender equality in recent decades, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disproportionately affect women鈥檚 lives and livelihoods,鈥� Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and founder of Pivotal Ventures, said in a statement.
鈥淎s the world works to advance an equitable recovery, Moment of Lift Books will publish visionaries who are helping ensure women鈥檚 voices and perspectives are not left behind. I hope their stories will inspire readers to join in the global fight for equality.鈥�
Planned releases include a book on refugee women by Jina Krause-Vilmar, president and CEO of Upwardly Global, and 鈥淩adical Inclusion,鈥� a book about allowing pregnant women to attend school in Sierra Leone, by the country's minister of basic and senior secondary education, David Moinina Sengeh.
The Associated Press
