Melinda French Gates, already one of the world's most prominent philanthropists, will take on the job of the publisher.
Macmillan has formed a nonfiction imprint with Flatiron Books, a division of Gates. The imprint, announced Tuesday by Macmillan, is called Moment of Lift Books and will launch with three releases about women and girls in 2023.
While we have made tremendous progress towards gender equality in recent decades, the COVID -19 pandemic continues to disproportionately affect women s lives and livelihoods, Gates, co-chair of the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation and founder of Pivotal Ventures, said in a statement.
As the world works to advance an equitable recovery, Moment of Lift Books will publish visionaries who are helping ensure women s voices and perspectives are not left behind. Added releases include a book about refugee women by David Moinina Sengeh, president and CEO of Upwardly Global, and Radical Inclusion, a book about allowing pregnant women to go to school in Sierra Leone, by the country's Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Jina Krause-Vilmar.