By — Judy Woodruff Judy Woodruff Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/melinda-french-gates-on-her-foundations-ongoing-push-for-global-gender-equity Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a funder of the PBS NewsHour. Audio In 2015, the United Nations released 17 global goals to end poverty and hunger, increase economic opportunity and promote gender equity by 2030. To help world leaders get there, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation created and funded the Goalkeepers project. Melinda French Gates joined Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest on the effort. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Sep 22, 2022 By — Judy Woodruff Judy Woodruff Judy Woodruff is a senior correspondent and the former anchor and managing editor of the PBS NewsHour. She has covered politics and other news for five decades at NBC, CNN and PBS. @judywoodruff