Billions of people are being left behind by economic growth. — Winnie Byanyima Being Copy Share Image
Having an economy that works for the 99% is achievable. — Winnie Byanyima Achievable Copy Share Image
Wealth is used to entrench inequality, not to trickle down and solve it. — Winnie Byanyima Down Copy Share Image
You are not going to lift everybody out of poverty through the kindness of wealthy people. — Winnie Byanyima Going Copy Share Image
I'm ready to do any kind of work, as long as it absorbs my passion for making a just world and equal… — Winnie Byanyima Long Copy Share Image
Progressive taxation can offset the effect of growing inequality. — Winnie Byanyima Inequality Copy Share Image
The proud fight against colonialism is one that should be consigned to history. — Winnie Byanyima Colonialism Copy Share Image
I grew up thinking the most decent job to do was to fight injustice. — Winnie Byanyima Fight Copy Share Image
Climate change is the biggest threat to our chances of winning the fight against hunger. — Winnie Byanyima Chance Copy Share Image
I have learnt to enjoy my own company because I have lived alone many years. — Winnie Byanyima Alone 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
Wealth does not trickle down to the poor. Oxfam knows this, the IMF knows this, the World Bank knows this. Poor people… — Winnie Byanyima Always 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 Accept 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
It is staggering that in the 21st century, half of the world's population - that's three and a half billion people -… — Winnie Byanyima 21st century 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
Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few. — Winnie Byanyima Few Copy Share Image
The concentration of wealth in the hands of the few threatens the ability of ordinary people to raise their voices and have… — Winnie Byanyima Ability Copy Share Image
We need a world where people do not have to live in fear of the economic repercussions of getting sick or losing… — Winnie Byanyima Corporations Copy Share Image
Governments, the investor and business community, and civil society organizations and public representatives need to work together to ensure the necessary foundations… — Winnie Byanyima Business Copy Share Image
A tax system is important because of what it can pay for, but also for how it works. When we pay taxes,… — Winnie Byanyima Education Copy Share Image
Civil society space provides the oxygen for citizens to participate and meaningfully hold their governments and the private sector to account -… — Winnie Byanyima Civil society Copy Share Image
The conniving, rich oilmen that were so desperate to prevent and frustrate the Paris Agreement found cheerleaders in Mr. Trump and his… — Winnie Byanyima Climate Copy Share Image
My own life values were shaped in great part by my mother, who instigated women's clubs in my village. Women were able… — Winnie Byanyima Education 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
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
The scale of global inequality is quite simply staggering. — Winnie Byanyima Inequality 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
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
The world belongs to the wealthy, and nowhere is this injustice more apparent than in the workplace. — Winnie Byanyima Injustice Copy Share Image
Extreme inequality is no temporary blip. It is hard-wired into our economies. — Winnie Byanyima Economies Copy Share Image
