Shin kun taɓa kasancewa kusa da wani kuma kawai kun san cewa mugun mutum ne?" Melinda French Gates ta yi magana game da saduwa da Jeffrey Epstein, ba da biliyoyin, da samun kwanciyar hankali bayan kisan aurenta.

Shin kun taɓa kasancewa kusa da wani kuma kawai kun san cewa mugun mutum ne?" Melinda French Gates ta yi magana game da saduwa da Jeffrey Epstein, ba da biliyoyin, da samun kwanciyar hankali bayan kisan aurenta.

Melinda French Gates ta ce ta shiga wani sabon babi mai kyau a rayuwarta. Shekara biyar kenan da rabuwar aurenta mai raɗaɗi da Bill Gates, wanda ya kafa Microsoft, kuma shekara biyu tun da ta bar gudummawarsu, Gates Foundation, don ta mai da hankali gaba ɗaya kan Pivotal—ƙungiyar agaji da ta fara a 2015 don tallafawa ƙarfafa mata. 'Ya'yanta uku duk sun ƙaura, tana kiran kanta "Nonna" ga jikokinta mata biyu, kuma a matsayinta na mahaifiyar da 'ya'yanta suka bar gida, ta sami kanta a wani matsayi na ban mamaki na samun lokacin hutu.

Ta fara ziyartar kantin sayar da littattafai na gida akai-akai, tana hira da ma'aikata game da abin da za ta karanta na gaba. Idan ta gama aiki da ƙarfe biyar, takan aika saƙo ga abokiya don saduwa da ita don yawo, tana bincika sabbin unguwannin Seattle tare da kofi marasa maganin kafeyin a hannunta. Ba ta ƙara yin gudu kowace rana ba amma tana dagewa kan yawo da safe don jin daɗin kyawawan dabi'un garin da ta ɗauka, tare da tafkin Washington yana haskakawa a cikin hasken ƙarshen bazara. A safiyar yau, ta ga wani shudin heron, in ji ta, tana jin kamar tana alfahari.

Waɗannan suna kama da abubuwan sha'awa masu sauƙi ga mace mai darajar kuɗi kimanin dala biliyan 30. Lokacin da na nuna hakan, ta bayyana cewa 'yan shekaru da suka wuce ta karanta wata magana game da yadda "wani lokaci muna fita cikin duniya don ganowa da koyon sababbin abubuwa, amma wani lokaci kawai kana buƙatar ci gaba da tafiya a kan hanyar da ke kusa da kai. Ka yi ta tafiya akai-akai, kuma za ka fara ganin abubuwa." Bayan shekaru na tafiye-tafiye na duniya mai cike da aiki tare da Gates Foundation, ta zaɓi na ƙarshe.

Sabon lokacin hutunta yana da alaƙa, tunda Pivotal—inda French Gates ke aiki cikakken lokaci—yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan gidauniyoyi masu zaman kansu a Amurka. Ta riga ta yi alkawarin dala biliyan 2 ga ayyukan da ke tallafawa mata da iyalansu, kuma ta karɓi dala biliyan 12.5 daga Bill Gates a 2024 a matsayin wani ɓangare na sasantawar rabuwar aurensu. Mun haɗu a ofisoshin Pivotal masu kyau, da ke gefen tafkin, tare da kayan aikin katako na halitta da manyan tagogi da ke kallon ruwa. French Gates tana da shekaru 61 kuma tana da kyau sosai, tare da gashin kai mai laushi mai ruwan kasa da kuma launin zinari. Idan ta yi aikin gyaran jiki, yana da hankali—babu laɓɓan Mar-a-Lago a nan. Hamshakin attajirin kudi Warren Buffett, abokin Gates na kud da kud, ya taɓa cewa Bill yana da "hankali sosai, a fili," amma French Gates ta fi "hankali." Tana da dumi da son jama'a, duk da haka yayin da muke magana game da koma bayan haƙƙin mata a Amurka, attajirai masu munanan halaye, da kuma shigar tsohon mijinta da mai laifin jima'i Jeffrey Epstein, ya zo mini cewa dole ne ta kasance da ƙarfin zuciya.

French Gates ta ce abubuwa da yawa sun taimaka wajen yanke shawarar ta na rabuwa da Bill a 2021 bayan shekaru 27 na aure, ciki har da rashin amincinsa da kuma ci gaba da tuntuɓar Epstein duk da ƙin yardarta. Sa'an nan, a watan Janairu na wannan shekara, Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta Amurka ta fitar da tarin saƙonnin imel na Epstein. Sun haɗa da saƙonnin da Epstein ya rubuta da'awar cewa Bill Gates ya kamu da cutar STI bayan ya yi jima'i da "yan matan Rasha" kuma yana shirin ba wa French Gates maganin rigakafi a asirce. Gates ya musanta waɗannan da'awar, yana gaya wa Australian 9News: "Da alama, Jeffrey ya rubuta imel ga kansa. Wannan imel ba a taɓa aika shi ba. Imel ɗin ƙarya ne… Shin yana ƙoƙarin kai mini hari ta wata hanya?" Ya kuma yi magana da ma'aikata a taron gundumar Gates Foundation don ɗaukar alhakin ayyukansa, kamar yadda kamfanin ya ce, yana gaya musu cewa ya ga kuma ya yi "babu wani abu na haram." Gates ya lura game da tsohuwar matarsa: "Don ba ta yabo, ta kasance tana shakka game da al'amarin Epstein."

A cikin wata hira da NPR jim kaɗan bayan an fitar da fayilolin, French Gates ta ce tana farin cikin nesa da "dukkan ƙazanta" kuma mazan da ke ciki, ciki har da tsohon mijinta, dole ne su amsa ayyukansu. Me ya sa ta yanke shawarar yin magana a lokacin, na tambaya. "To, ban yi shiru ba. An taɓa tambayar ni abin da nake tunani game da Epstein, kuma na faɗi gaskiya game da abin da na fuskanta. Ya kasance mugu, mutum mai banƙyama. Don haka a cikin irin wannan yanayi—kuma wannan batu ne mai wuya a gare ni, ya kamata ka sani—zuciyata tana tare da 'yan matan. Na faɗi gaskiya kawai, wato sun cancanci ɗan kwanciyar hankali da adalci.

Tsarin shari'a bai yi aikinsa ba. Bai yi ba. Kuma. Da an iya dakatar da Epstein.

Shin tana jin takaici yayin da mata da yawa, ciki har da waɗanda Epstein ya cutar da su, suka nuna ƙarfin hali sosai wajen yin magana, amma abokan aikinsa maza suna yin shiru? Ta amsa, "Abin da na sani shi ne cewa munanan abubuwa suna faruwa a cikin duhu. Muna buƙatar ƙarin bayyana gaskiya." French Gates ta fahimci duniyar sirri, masu arziki da yawa da Epstein ke tafiya fiye da yawancin mutane. Na tambaye ta me ya sa ta yi tsammani ya tsere wa laifuffukansa na dogon lokaci. "Tsarin shari'a bai yi aikinsa ba. Bai yi ba. Kuma. Da an iya dakatar da wannan. Don haka, ina tsammanin shi ya sa a ƙarshe muna fuskantar lissafi a cikin al'umma. Idan ba ma son a cutar da yara, tsarin shari'a dole ne ya yi aiki." Amma na tambaya, tare da bayyana shakka a muryata, shin da gaske muna fuskantar lissafi? Ta amsa, "Ina tsammanin wannan zai zama tambaya mafi kyau ga waɗanda suka tsira."

French Gates ta ce ta sadu da Epstein sau ɗaya kuma ta same shi yana da banƙyama har ta yi mafarki mai ban tsoro bayan haka. Na tambaye ta abin da ya sanya ta yi sanyi sosai. Halinta ya canza da sauri. Ta yi kama da za ta yi kuka. Yana da ban takaici ganin mace mai natsuwa ta rasa natsuwarta. Ta juya don kallon tafkin da ke wajen taganta, kuma ina iya ganin tana ƙoƙarin kwantar da kanta. "Zuciyata tana bugawa da sauri," in ji ta bayan ɗan lokaci, tana kada hannunta a kan ƙirjinta. "Shin ka taɓa kasancewa kusa da wani da kawai ka san mugu ne?" ta tambaya bayan ɗan lokaci. "Ga shi. Wannan shine amsarka. Muna buƙatar amincewa da jiye-jinmu game da mutane." Lokacin da ta ce zuciyarta tana bugawa da sauri, shin tana sake jin wannan motsin zuciya daga saduwa da shi? "Na gama. Ba zan iya amsa wasu tambayoyi ba," in ji ta. Ina kallonta, ina ƙoƙarin karanta halinta, amma ina iya jin ma'aikaciyar sadarwarta a hannun dama, tana cikin tashin hankali kuma tana shirye don kawo ƙarshen hira idan na matsa da yawa. Sa'an nan ta amsa. "E. Duk macen da ta taɓa kasancewa kusa da mugu ko ta sami wani abu, sa'an nan kuma kina kusa da wani mugu. A'a, a'a." Na lura cewa yayin da take magana da jimloli cikakku, nahawunta ya lalace. Yi hakuri, na ce, ina ganin kina da wani ƙarfi—"Motsin zuciya, eh," ta katse ni.

Lokacin da mata suka shiga cikin cikakken ƙarfinsu, muna ganin al'umma ta wata fuska dabam. Mu ne ginshiƙin al'umma. Mu ne ginshiƙin iyali.

French Gates ta ce a cikin watannin da suka kai ga rabuwar aurenta, ta fara samun hare-haren tsoro, kuma a bayyane yake cewa amsawar da take bayarwa ga tambayoyina na gaske ce. Mun ci gaba daga abubuwan da ta fuskanta zuwa siyasa mai faɗi, kuma ta zama kanta kamar yadda ta saba. Ta bayyana sarai yadda al'umma za ta iya yaƙi da sabon kyamar mata a kowane nau'i. "Dole ne mu sanya mata—mata da yawa—a matsayin masu iko. Shi ya sa nake yin aikin da nake yi," in ji ta. "Lokacin da mata suka shiga cikin cikakken ƙarfinsu, muna ganin al'umma ta wata fuska dabam. Mu ne ginshiƙin al'umma. Mu ne ginshiƙin iyali."

A wannan watan, French Gates tana ba da dala miliyan 215 a matsayin sabon tallafi ga kula da lafiyar mata, wanda aka raba tsakanin shirye-shiryen da ke tallafawa lafiyar haihuwa da lafiya a tsakiyar rayuwa, ciki har da ta hanyar menopause. "Na yi imani koyaushe cewa idan ba ka fara da lafiya mai kyau ba, yana da wuya ka yi duk abin da kake so a rayuwa," in ji ta. Ta ce, "Bincike ya nuna cewa mata suna fuskantar yawan nakasa da rashin lafiya fiye da maza, amma ga kowace dala da ake kashewa a duniya kan binciken likita da sababbin abubuwa, kawai centi 5 ne ke zuwa ga lafiyar mata. Mun yi watsi da mata na dogon lokaci." Na dogon lokaci, al'ummar likitanci da kimiyya sun É—auki jikin namiji a matsayin al'ada, wanda ke nufin mun san kadan game da batutuwan da suka fi shafar mata, kamar cututtukan autoimmune. Kuma ko da yake rabin al'umma suna shiga menopause, babu isasshen bincike kan yadda za a tallafa wa mata a wannan lokacin.

Duba hoto a cikin cikakken allo: French Gates tana ziyartar makarantar sakandaren 'yan mata a Malawi, 2023. Hoton: Courtesy Pivotal Ventures

"Kamar wannan lokaci ne a rayuwar mace gaba ɗaya ba a gani ga duniya," in ji French Gates. Mata suna ciyar da matsakaicin shekaru tara a cikin rashin lafiya, kuma kamar yawancin, French Gates ta ɗauka cewa waɗannan shekarun sun zo daga baya a rayuwa. "Amma a'a, rabin wannan lokacin yana cikin perimenopause da menopause, kuma muna fara jin labarin mata suna barin aiki saboda haka," ta bayyana. Tana tuna yadda abin ya ba ta da abokanta mamaki lokacin da suka fara samun alamun perimenopause a farkon shekarun 40. Waɗannan alamun sau da yawa suna faruwa lokacin da mata da yawa ke kan kololuwar ayyukansu kuma suna ƙoƙarin daidaita kula da yara ƙanana da iyaye masu tsufa. Da yawa suna shan wahala a shiru tare da ciwo da rashin lafiya.

French Gates ta kasance tana tallafawa kula da lafiyar haihuwa shekaru da yawa. Ta koya daga tafiye-tafiye zuwa Afirka da Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya yadda tsarin iyali zai iya zama mahimmanci. "Na ga jarirai suna mutuwa saboda mata ba za su iya raba haihuwa ba, kuma an haife su kusa da juna," in ji ta. Bayan soke Roe v. Wade, yawancin ayyukan Pivotal suna mai da hankali kan mace-macen mata masu juna biyu, lafiyar kwakwalwa ta haihuwa, da haƙƙin haihuwa a Amurka. Tana ganin "abin takaici ne" ganin an watsar da haƙƙin zubar da ciki na Amurka. "Jikokina mata suna girma da ƙarancin haƙƙi fiye da yadda nake da shi," in ji ta. "Ba na tsammanin lafiyar mata ya kamata ya zama batu na siyasa. Ina tsammanin mata su yanke shawara ko kuma lokacin da za su haifi ɗa, kuma waɗannan yanke shawara sun fi dacewa a yi su a asirce, ba ta gwamnatinmu ba. Abu ne da dole ne mu ci gaba da yaƙi da shi." A matsayinta na Katolika, French Gates ta taɓa yin gwagwarmaya game da yadda za ta daidaita bangaskiyarta da abin da take koyo game da mahimmancin 'yancin haihuwa. Kamar yadda take, ta yi bincikenta, har ma ta gayyaci malamai daga Jami'ar Notre Dame, jami'ar bincike ta Katolika a Indiana, don koya mata tarihin matsayin cocin. Yanzu, ta bayyana sarai a cikin imaninta cewa ya kamata a kare haƙƙin mace na zubar da ciki ta doka. "Mu kaɗai ne ma'abuta jikinmu," ta gaya mini.

A cikin labarin French Gates, ta kasance tana ƙoƙarin kasancewa da gaskiya ga tarbiyyarta ta Katolika, mai matsakaicin matsayi a Dallas. Mahaifinta ya yi aiki a matsayin injiniyan sararin samaniya kuma yana cikin shirin Apollo; mahaifiyarta ita ce mai kula da gida. Iyayenta sun koya wa 'ya'yansu huɗu ma'anar alhakin jama'a mai ƙarfi. "Sau da yawa muna yin aikin sa kai, sau da yawa muna saka kuɗi a kwandon coci," ta tuna. Ta yi karatun kimiyyar kwamfuta kuma ta sami MBA a Jami'ar Duke kafin ta shiga Microsoft a 1987, inda ta yi saurin hawa matsayi, tana jagorantar ƙungiyoyin da suka haɓaka samfura kamar Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, da Expedia. Ta sadu da Bill a wurin aiki, kuma suka yi aure a 1994.

Duba hoto a cikin cikakken allo: Melinda French Gates an É—auki hotonta a Pivotal Ventures a watan da ya gabata. Hoton: Genna Martin/The Guardian

Jim kaɗan kafin haihuwar ɗansu na farko, French Gates ta bar Microsoft don ta mai da hankali kan iyalinta da aikin agajinsu. Alƙawarin mayar da baya abu ne da ita da Bill suka raba. "Tsohon mijina, iyayensa sun kasance masu yawan agaji, don haka ina tsammanin hakan yana cikin DNA ɗinmu duka yayin girma, kuma ya ji kamar abin da ya dace." "Wannan shine abin da ya dace," in ji ta. Hakanan sun sami wahayi daga abokinsu kuma mai ba da agaji Warren Buffett, wanda ya kasance babban mai ba da gudummawa ga Gates Foundation. "Da zarar mun fara wannan hanya, zan ce a kaina, ta ci gaba da kanta." A cikin shekaru 25 da suka gabata, Gates Foundation ta ba da fiye da dala biliyan 100 ga shirye-shiryen yaƙi da talauci, binciken rigakafin cututtuka, da ƙoƙarin yaƙi da zazzabin cizon sauro, HIV, tarin fuka, da sauran cututtuka masu yaduwa.

French Gates ta ce a Duke, ta sadu da ɗalibai waɗanda suka girma da gata, kuma ta yi alkawarin cewa ba ta son 'ya'yanta uku su zama kamar su. "Na yi aiki tuƙuru a cikin wannan babbar rayuwa don in kafa su," in ji ta. Wataƙila an yi renon su a cikin wani babban gidan da manema labarai suka yi wa laƙabi Xanadu 2.0, mai dakunan wanka 24, dakunan girki shida, dakin trampoline, tafkin cikin gida, da ɗakin karatu mai ɗauke da rubutun Leonardo da Vinci, amma har yanzu dole ne su yi ayyukan gida, suna karɓar ɗan kuɗi kaɗan, kuma suna shiga tare da ita a aikin sa kai na ayyukan al'umma na gida a Seattle. "Ɗaya daga cikin manyan yabo da nake ji daga mutane shine za su sadu da, alal misali, babbar 'yata kuma su ce: 'Ya Allah, tana da hankali sosai!'"

Aikin agajin French Gates wani lokaci yana jin kamar komawa zuwa lokacin da ba a yi wa mutane zagon ƙasa ba. Alhakin zamantakewa ba ya cikin salon a cikin mawadata. Ta hanyar wargaza USAID, mutum mafi arziki a duniya, Elon Musk, ya sanya ƙoƙari mai yawa wajen cire kuɗi daga mafi talauci a duniya fiye da mayar da su. A 2010, Buffett da Gateses suka kafa Giving Pledge, wanda ya ƙarfafa attajirai su yi alkawarin ba da fiye da rabin dukiyarsu ga ayyukan agaji. Yanzu, New York Times ta ruwaito kwanan nan, aƙalla mai rattaba hannu ɗaya ya fice, kuma "ya zama abin sha'awa, a cikin salon 'yan Silicon Valley, don sukar Giving Pledge." Na tambayi French Gates abin da ke bayyana wannan sabon yanayi, haɓakar mai kyamar attajirai, amma ba za ta shiga ba. Ba za ta iya magana game da asalin Musk ko dalilansa ba, in ji ta, sai dai ga mutanen da har yanzu suna shiga cikin Giving Pledge.

A lokaci guda, yawancin manufofin jin kai da Bill da Melinda French Gates suka yi aiki a kai shekaru da yawa suna lalacewa. Lokacin da aka soke USAID a 2025, ya lalata al'ummar ci gaban duniya kuma, bisa ga kididdigar Jami'ar Boston, ya haifar da aƙalla mutuwar 600,000 daga cututtuka masu yaduwa a wannan shekarar kaɗai. A lokacin annoba, masu ra'ayin makirci sun kama shirye-shiryen rigakafin Gateses kuma suka yada jita-jita na ƙarya amma masu ƙarfi cewa suna sanya microchips ga yara. Sakataren lafiya na Amurka, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., yana taimakawa wajen yada bayanan karya game da rigakafin cututtuka kuma yana wargaza binciken rigakafin. "Ina tsammanin yana da muni a duk lokacin da wani abu da ke amfanar lafiyar mutane ya koma baya ko kuma a kai masa hari," in ji French Gates. "Na kasance a ƙasashe da yawa a Afirka inda iyaye ke yin ƙoƙari mai yawa don zuwa asibitoci don yi wa 'ya'yansu allurar rigakafi, saboda sun san bambancin da yake yi. Babu wanda ke tilasta musu; suna gano yadda za su samu kuɗin bas, suna tafiya mil da yawa, saboda sun san cewa waɗannan alluran suna ceton rayuka. Don haka, a gare ni in ga a Amurka a 2025 muna da mafi yawan cututtukan kyanda da muka samu a cikin shekaru 25… Yana da banza a wasu lokuta," in ji ta.

Don ƙarewa da waɗannan albarkatu babban gata ne, amma ga wanda aka ba shi da yawa, ana sa ran da yawa. Lokacin da ta bar Gates Foundation, French Gates ta rubuta a cikin wata budaddiyar wasika cewa ta gane "rashin hankali na tara dukiya mai yawa a hannun mutum ɗaya," kuma "ba da kuɗin da danginka ba za su taɓa buƙata ba ba aiki ne na musamman ba." Shin tana tsammanin al'ummar Amurka tana buƙatar ƙarin attajirai masu alhakin zamantakewa, ko tattalin arzikin da ke samar da ƙarancin attajirai? Ta sake kallon tagar, don ta tattara tunaninta. "Ina tsammanin muna buƙatar ƙarin adalci a cikin al'umma, don haka mutane da yawa kada su yi gwagwarmaya don siyan abinci ko biyan haya. A Amurka, yana da wuya a sayi gida na farko yanzu… tsarin ba ya aiki," in ji ta. "Dole ne mu yi wani abu don ƙirƙirar ƙarin adalci. Ban san mafita ga hakan ba."

Amsa ce mai hankali. A duk lokacin hira, na lura da gwanintarta na 'yar siyasa na kamar tana amsa tambaya yayin da take bayyana ƙaramin sabon bayani. Amma kuma, me ya sa za ta yi? Ta kasance mai hira da ba kasafai ba wacce ba ta da wani abu da za ta sayar ko wani aikin sirri da za ta tallata. Ba ta da sha'awar daidaita tsoffin ƙididdiga, kuma ba ta bin wani bashi. Lokacin da ta ji an tilasta mata ambaton Bill, ba ta faɗi sunansa ba amma tana kiransa da "tsohon mijina." A bayyane take ba ta da sha'awar yin wani abu mara kyau da lalata kamar raba ƙarin bayanan sirri game da aurensu—kuma ita da Bill duk suna da alaƙa da sababbin abokan hulɗa. Kamar yadda na gani, dalilinta na magana da manema labarai shine kawai don jawo hankali ga abubuwan da ta damu da su. Kuma yayin da ba da biliyoyin ba abu ne mai daraja a kansa, ina tsammanin sadaukar da rayuwarka ta aiki don ƙoƙarin inganta duniya abu ne mai daraja. 'Yarta Jennifer ta taɓa gaya wa Vogue cewa yayin girma, French Gates sau da yawa tana gaya mata: "Mu ba mutanen da ke zaune suna cin bonbons ba." Tana shirin yin aiki cikakken lokaci na aƙalla shekaru goma, har zuwa shekarunta na 70. "Bayan haka, zan iya fara rage gudu kaɗan. Ban sani ba. Ya dogara da yawan jikoki da zan samu," tana wasa. Sa'an nan ta ƙara, cikin damuwa: "Amma babu matsi a kan 'ya'yana!"

French Gates ta ce ba ta yawan tunani game da gadonta, amma tana mamakin irin duniyar da za ta bar wa jikokinta mata biyu. "Ina tsammanin dukkanmu muna kan wannan duniya na ɗan lokaci kaɗan, kuma ban taɓa, a cikin mafarkina, tunanin zan ƙare da irin waɗannan albarkatu ba. Babban gata ne, amma ina jin kamar, to, idan ina da su, na yi imani na dogon lokaci cewa ga wanda aka ba shi da yawa, ana sa ran da yawa." Ta ce dabi'unta ba su canza ba tun makarantar sakandare, lokacin da ta faɗi kalmomin da aka danganta ga Ralph Waldo Emerson amma Bessie Anderson Stanley ta rubuta a jawabin kammala karatunta: "Don sanin ko da rayuwa ɗaya ta sami sauƙi saboda ka rayu, wannan shine nasara." Ta wannan ma'auni, ta hanyar aikin agajinta, ta yi nasara sosai, ina ba da shawara. "Ba na tsayawa kan irin waɗannan abubuwa," in ji ta. Labaran mutane ɗaya ɗaya da ta taimaka—ba lambobi ba—su ne ke motsa ta. Ta yi magana game da wata uwa da ta sadu da ita kwanan nan ta hanyar aikin kula da mata masu juna biyu da Pivotal ke tallafawa a Alabama. Bayan raunin rasa ɗa ɗaya, an taimaka wa wannan uwa kwanan nan ta hanyar haihuwa mai wahala, kuma halinta ya haskaka. Jin irin wannan labari yana kawo mata "babban farin ciki," in ji ta. Rabuwar aurenta da sakamakon Epstein dole ne ya yi wa French Gates mummunan tasiri na sirri, amma aikin agajinta yana ba ta manufa da ta'aziyya. Shin tana farin ciki, na tambaye ta. "Mai farin ciki sosai," in ji ta, da gaske, kuma na yarda da ita.

**Tambayoyi da Amsoshi**

**Tambayoyi na Farko**

**Q: Shin Melinda French Gates ta ce ta san Jeffrey Epstein mugu ne?**
A: E. A cikin hirarraki, ta ce bayan saduwa da shi sau É—aya, ta ji wani mummunan motsin zuciya. Ta gaya wa mijinta na lokacin, Bill Gates, cewa ba ta son kasancewa kusa da shi kuma.

**Q: Me ya sa Melinda French Gates ta sadu da Jeffrey Epstein a farko?**
A: Ta sadu da shi sau É—aya a farkon aurenta da Bill Gates. Ta tafi saboda Bill ya riga ya sadu da Epstein, amma da sauri ta yanke shawarar cewa kuskure ne bisa ga ilhamarta.

**Q: Menene Melinda French Gates ke yi da biliyoyin ta yanzu?**
A: Tana ba da su ta ƙungiyarta Pivotal Ventures. Tana mai da hankali kan tallafawa haƙƙin mata, daidaiton jinsi, da batutuwan iyali a Amurka da duniya.

**Q: Ta yaya Melinda French Gates ta sami kwanciyar hankali bayan rabuwar aurenta?**
A: Ta ce ta sami kwanciyar hankali ta hanyar mai da hankali kan aikinta, ciyar da lokaci tare da 'ya'yanta, da barin buƙatar gyara abubuwan da suka gabata. Ta kuma yaba da magani da lokaci a cikin yanayi.

**Q: Shin Melinda French Gates har yanzu tana cikin Gidauniyar Bill & Melinda Gates?**
A: A'a. Ta yi murabus daga gidauniyar a watan Yuni 2024 don mai da hankali kan aikinta na agaji ta hanyar Pivotal Ventures.

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**Q: Menene alamar haÉ—ari ta musamman da Melinda ta gani a Jeffrey Epstein wanda Bill Gates ya rasa?**
A: Melinda ta ce Epstein yana da fara'a amma ta ji wani rashin jin daɗi mai zurfi—ji cewa yana da yaudara kuma yana da halin cin zarafi. Ta bayyana shi a matsayin "warin mugunta" da ba za ta iya watsi da shi ba.

**Q: Ta yaya saduwa da Epstein ta shafi amanar Melinda ga Bill Gates a lokacin aurensu?**
A: Ya kasance wani muhimmin juyi. Ta ji cewa ci gaba da hulÉ—ar Bill da Epstein ya nuna rashin hukunci da rashin mutunta ilhamarta, wanda ya lalata amanarta a tsawon lokaci.

**Q: Menene babban bambanci tsakanin Gidauniyar Gates da sabuwar ƙungiyar Melinda, Pivotal Ventures?**
A: Gidauniyar Gates tana mai da hankali kan lafiya da ci gaban duniya, yayin da Pivotal Ventures ta Melinda ta fi mai da hankali kan ƙarfafa mata, daidaiton jinsi, da batutuwan iyali, musamman a Amurka.