Taxing companies, particularly successful multinational companies, is one of the most progressive forms of taxation. — Winnie Byanyima Companies Copy Share Image
Rather than working for all, power and public policy is increasingly influenced by wealthy elites that are able to bend the rules… — Winnie Byanyima Bend 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
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
The scale of global inequality is quite simply staggering. — Winnie Byanyima Inequality 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
I believe we can build a human economy where people are the bottom line. — Winnie Byanyima Believe Copy Share Image
We treat a planet at crisis point as an externality that can be shunted into a future generation. We continue to act… — Winnie Byanyima Act Copy Share Image
Cutting down a forest for timber adds to GDP, but what we don't record is the loss to our wealth in terms… — Winnie Byanyima Forest Copy Share Image
By allowing super wealthy corporations and individuals to avoid paying their fair share of tax, tax havens are denying governments' revenue that… — Winnie Byanyima Avoid 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
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
Fundamental is the need for governments to protect the space for citizens to claim their rights, organize, and express themselves. — Winnie Byanyima Claim Copy Share Image
We need a race to the top so that we have policies and regulations that protect human rights, the environment and that… — Winnie Byanyima Economics Copy Share Image
Oxfam believes that any global talks to reform tax rules must include all countries, including the poorest. — Winnie Byanyima Global Copy Share Image
Our economic system has enabled companies and individuals to use their power and influence to capture and retain an ever-increasing share of… — Winnie Byanyima Business 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
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
I grew up in a country that was in a civil conflict for most of my childhood and adolescence. I saw violence… — Winnie Byanyima Childhood Copy Share Image
