Oxfam believes that any global talks to reform tax rules must include all countries, including the poorest. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Developing countries are losing significant tax revenues through corporate tax dodging. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Tax abuse is a scourge on our global community, but especially for Africa. — Winnie Byanyima Abuse Copy Share Image
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
The struggles to overturn colonial rule were long and often bitter. But, over time, most were inevitably successful. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Progressive taxation can offset the effect of growing inequality. — Winnie Byanyima Inequality Copy Share Image
Wealth is used to entrench inequality, not to trickle down and solve it. — Winnie Byanyima 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 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 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
Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few. — Winnie Byanyima 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
We treat a planet at crisis point as an externality that can be shunted into a future generation. We continue to act… — Winnie Byanyima 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 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
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
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
African countries lose billions every year because of tax dodging by big corporations and wealthy individuals. They lose billions more from overly… — Winnie Byanyima Belief 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 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
You are not going to lift everybody out of poverty through the kindness of wealthy people. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
I grew up thinking the most decent job to do was to fight injustice. — Winnie Byanyima Fight Copy Share Image
The proud fight against colonialism is one that should be consigned to history. — Winnie Byanyima Colonialism 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
Taxing companies, particularly successful multinational companies, is one of the most progressive forms of taxation. — Winnie Byanyima Companies 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
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
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
The importance of tackling inequality in Africa cannot be overstated. — Winnie Byanyima Africa Copy Share Image
I believe we can build a human economy where people are the bottom line. — Winnie Byanyima 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
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
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
