Tackling the extreme gap between the rich and the poor and tackling climate change is part of the same struggle. — Winnie Byanyima Change Copy Share Image
Rule of law, access to justice, and financial transparency happen by design, not accident. — Winnie Byanyima Design Copy Share Image
Extreme inequality is no temporary blip. It is hard-wired into our economies. — Winnie Byanyima Economies Copy Share Image
The world belongs to the wealthy, and nowhere is this injustice more apparent than in the workplace. — Winnie Byanyima Injustice Copy Share Image
When we talk about women's economic empowerment, we should be careful that we're not just giving women more to do. — Winnie Byanyima Economic empowerment Copy Share Image
Democracy in Myanmar cannot be achieved with discrimination and gross violations of human rights. — Winnie Byanyima Democracy Copy Share Image
Inequality is inextricably linked with distribution of land and natural resources. — Winnie Byanyima Inequality Copy Share Image
Climate change is the biggest threat to our chances of winning the fight against hunger. — Winnie Byanyima Chance Copy Share Image
Poverty is a result of lack of opportunity. Lack of opportunity is about being without power, without being in a position to… — Winnie Byanyima Choices Copy Share Image
We don't have to accept an economy that doesn't work just because some people have got rich in the status quo. That… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
For me, growing up as an activist under an oppressive dictatorship in Uganda, the U.N. was a friend to those of us… — Winnie Byanyima Dictatorship Copy Share Image
It is staggering that in the 21st century, half of the world's population - that's three and a half billion people -… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
By empowering a woman, we empower a child. By educating a girl child, we make it possible for her to grow up… — Winnie Byanyima Children Copy Share Image
I don't think it's helpful to go dismantling the past, but you can refuse to honor aspects of it that you don't… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Development cooperation between nations is very important because it is one of the building blocks of shared peace, prosperity, and human rights… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
I am angry that the international community has failed to find a permanent solution to the plight of the Rohingya. I am… — Winnie Byanyima Community Copy Share Image
High corruption and the influence of big business and the wealthy elite keeps the poorest Nigerians trapped in poverty and cut off… — Winnie Byanyima Big business Copy Share Image
A few years ago the idea that extreme poverty was harmful was on the fringes of the economic and political debate. But… — Winnie Byanyima Business leaders Copy Share Image
We don't want to tell young girls and boys that the odds are stacked against them from the start. Instead, we could… — Winnie Byanyima Better future Copy Share Image
Developing countries can make great strides towards more progressive and effective taxation and spending through action within their own borders. But the… — Winnie Byanyima Action Copy Share Image
Money doesn't just buy a nice car; it also buys better education or healthcare. Increasingly, it can buy impunity from justice, a… — Winnie Byanyima Business Copy Share Image
Governments should end the extreme concentration of wealth in order to end poverty. This means tackling tax dodging but also increasing taxes… — Winnie Byanyima Creation Copy Share Image
Women, men, and children have fundamental rights to humanitarian assistance and protection. Yet far too many states block aid and attack their… — Winnie Byanyima Children Copy Share Image
When men and women, boys and girls, are denied the right to education, the right to own land, the access to basic… — Winnie Byanyima Clean water Copy Share Image
Citizens need to know how their countries are being run so that they can hold governments and big business to account. — Winnie Byanyima Being Copy Share Image
If the civil society is not transparent, honest, and accountable, then you cannot be a champion of social justice. — Winnie Byanyima Champion Copy Share Image
I have learnt to enjoy my own company because I have lived alone many years. — Winnie Byanyima Alone Copy Share Image
Africa's young population could be a huge economic asset if inequality were addressed. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
That a country has a strong civil society is, I believe, particularly necessary for good development. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
My life has been varied, involving many jobs, but I have always been impatient with injustice. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
We need to harness the boundless energy and creativity of our youth. — Winnie Byanyima Boundless Copy Share Image
I believe we can build a human economy where people are the bottom line. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
The importance of tackling inequality in Africa cannot be overstated. — Winnie Byanyima Africa Copy Share Image
Here's something we're rarely told growing up: our world rewards wealth, not hard work or talent. — Winnie Byanyima Hard work Copy Share Image
To reduce gaps between men and women, we will need to change the way people think, behave, and relate to each other. — Winnie Byanyima Change Copy Share Image
Taxing companies, particularly successful multinational companies, is one of the most progressive forms of taxation. — Winnie Byanyima Companies Copy Share Image
We have international organizations for health, trade, and football - even for coffee - but not tax. Why not? — Winnie Byanyima Coffee Copy Share Image
Crucially, African governments must ensure they prioritize the eradication of tax evasion and tax avoidance. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
GDP excludes care work and other unpaid work, most of which falls to women and girls in rich and in poor countries… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
The high price of medicines is crippling healthcare systems and denying people access to the treatments they so desperately need. — Winnie Byanyima Access Copy Share Image
