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
The extremely wealthy have disproportionate influence on policies that impact us all. This corrupts our politics and leads to poorer people being… — Winnie Byanyima Impact Copy Share Image
Governments and civil society must step up to ensure inclusivity in the commissioning, design, delivery, and assessment of vital public services. — Winnie Byanyima Assessment Copy Share Image
Wealth is used to entrench inequality, not to trickle down and solve it. — Winnie Byanyima Down Copy Share Image
Investing in vital infrastructure will help to build more sustainable, equitable economies. — Winnie Byanyima Build Copy Share Image
Global governments should start seriously talking about the creation of a World Tax Authority with the mission to ensure that tax systems… — Winnie Byanyima Creation 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
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
Ultimately, developing countries and groups like Oxfam want to see a new intergovernmental body on cooperation in tax matters under the auspices… — Winnie Byanyima Body 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
I grew up thinking the most decent job to do was to fight injustice. — Winnie Byanyima Fight Copy Share Image
African countries lose the most from tax dodging. African governments must, therefore, do more to push for a full reform of the… — Winnie Byanyima Action Copy Share Image
In the US a child born into a poor family will become a poor adult. The american dream is just that -… — Winnie Byanyima Adults Copy Share Image
Developing countries are losing significant tax revenues through corporate tax dodging. — Winnie Byanyima Developing Copy Share Image
The discrimination of women and girls goes to the core of any and all analyses of the world's economic, political, and environmental… — Winnie Byanyima Environmental Copy Share Image
A good leader, in my view, should have a clear vision of the future they want and the society they need to… — Winnie Byanyima Best Copy Share Image
That a country has a strong civil society is, I believe, particularly necessary for good development. — Winnie Byanyima Believe Copy Share Image
Inequality, climate change, and conflict are evicting millions from their homes. But these perils are being met with 'anti-answers' such as nationalism,… — Winnie Byanyima Change 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 Economics Copy Share Image
We need to harness the boundless energy and creativity of our youth. — Winnie Byanyima Creativity Copy Share Image
What is concerning is that work in the informal sector is characterised by vulnerability, low wages and no rights. So it is… — Winnie Byanyima Lifts 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
We need to tackle extreme inequality because it is morally indefensible and socially corrosive - undermining our health, affecting our well-being, and… — Winnie Byanyima Health 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
I have learnt to enjoy my own company because I have lived alone many years. — Winnie Byanyima Alone Copy Share Image
