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" Cutting down a forest for timber adds to GDP, but what we don't record is the loss to our wealth in terms of natural resources. "
Winnie Byanyima
GDP
Natural
Down
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" When men and women, boys and girls, are denied the right to education, the right to own land, the access to basic services like healthcare and clean water, a fair price for the crops they grow, a fair wage for the work they do, or the right to be part of making decisions that affect them, the result is poverty. "
Winnie Byanyima
Work
Women
Water
" The Paris Agreement threw people of the world a lifeline, and the United States played a vital role in getting us there, not least by working closely with China to clear the decks to a global deal. "
Winnie Byanyima
People
Paris
Agreement
" Instead of presiding over an economic system that panders to big business and a wealthy elite, a more human economy must be established which meets the needs of African women and young people. "
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People
Young
Women
" African countries lose the most from tax dodging. African governments must, therefore, do more to push for a full reform of the global tax system and demand action from countries, such as the U.K., whose financial centres sit at the heart of the global network of tax havens. "
Winnie Byanyima
Lose
Action
Financial
" Oxfam is part of a global movement for social justice. We mainly work to fight for economic and social rights for people without a voice or people who are oppressed. "
Winnie Byanyima
Voice
Justice
Work
" Women, men, and children have fundamental rights to humanitarian assistance and protection. Yet far too many states block aid and attack their own citizens, and too many others - including some of the world's wealthiest countries - turn their back on those fleeing conflict and violence. "
Winnie Byanyima
Children
Conflict
Women
" Ultimately, developing countries and groups like Oxfam want to see a new intergovernmental body on cooperation in tax matters under the auspices of the United Nations. "
Winnie Byanyima
Body
See
Want
" Poverty is rooted in injustice. "
Winnie Byanyima
Poverty
Injustice
Rooted
" Whatever I do, it will be fighting for social justice. "
Winnie Byanyima
Social Justice
Fighting
Justice
" Wealth does not trickle down to the poor. Oxfam knows this, the IMF knows this, the World Bank knows this. Poor people have always known this. "
Winnie Byanyima
Always
Down
World
" I believe we can build a human economy where people are the bottom line. "
Winnie Byanyima
I Believe
Believe
Line
" The high price of medicines is crippling healthcare systems and denying people access to the treatments they so desperately need. "
Winnie Byanyima
Price
Healthcare
High
" Governments should end the extreme concentration of wealth in order to end poverty. This means tackling tax dodging but also increasing taxes on wealth and high incomes to ensure a more level playing field and generate the billions of dollars needed to invest in healthcare, education, and job creation. "
Winnie Byanyima
Education
Wealth
Poverty
" The people standing up most strongly for our democracies should be celebrated, not prosecuted - be it those countless human rights defenders who defend all our rights or the brave whistle-blowers who expose tax dodging. "
Winnie Byanyima
People
Tax
Rights
" If the civil society is not transparent, honest, and accountable, then you cannot be a champion of social justice. "
Winnie Byanyima
You
Society
Justice
" Wealth is used to entrench inequality, not to trickle down and solve it. "
Winnie Byanyima
Wealth
Used
Down
" I am still haunted by the memory of my Ugandan friends dying from HIV years ago because high prices kept the medicines they needed out of reach. "
Winnie Byanyima
HIV
Reach
Memory
" The conniving, rich oilmen that were so desperate to prevent and frustrate the Paris Agreement found cheerleaders in Mr. Trump and his party. They choose to protect their profits from a flailing fossil fuel industry over human lives and a clean, inclusive future for us all. "
Winnie Byanyima
Future
Choose
Over
" Civil society space provides the oxygen for citizens to participate and meaningfully hold their governments and the private sector to account - and ensure that decisions are made in the interest of the majority and not the few. Without it, citizens have limited space to dissent and challenge the elites. "
Winnie Byanyima
Space
Challenge
Decisions
" Far too many governments are cutting back on their investment in human development. "
Winnie Byanyima
Back
Human
Investment
" I am angry that the international community has failed to find a permanent solution to the plight of the Rohingya. I am also ashamed that, in not speaking out loudly enough, we - humanitarians - have been complicit. "
Winnie Byanyima
Enough
I Am
Solution
" Here's something we're rarely told growing up: our world rewards wealth, not hard work or talent. "
Winnie Byanyima
Talent
Work
World
" The proud fight against colonialism is one that should be consigned to history. "
Winnie Byanyima
Proud
History
Fight
" For me, growing up as an activist under an oppressive dictatorship in Uganda, the U.N. was a friend to those of us who fought our way to freedom, as it was for the millions who joined decolonization struggles in the African continent. "
Winnie Byanyima
Growing
Growing Up
Me
" Economic inequality is a corrosive force that undermines economic growth, puts a brake on the fight against poverty, and sparks social unrest. "
Winnie Byanyima
Inequality
Growth
Poverty
" We need to tackle extreme inequality because it is morally indefensible and socially corrosive - undermining our health, affecting our well-being, and undermining peaceful societies. "
Winnie Byanyima
Peaceful
Health
Inequality
" Crucially, African governments must ensure they prioritize the eradication of tax evasion and tax avoidance. "
Winnie Byanyima
Prioritize
Avoidance
Ensure
" Development cooperation between nations is very important because it is one of the building blocks of shared peace, prosperity, and human rights for all. It is one of the antidotes to the poison of xenophobia. "
Winnie Byanyima
Important
Building
Peace
" I have learnt to enjoy my own company because I have lived alone many years. "
Winnie Byanyima
Company
Own
My Own
" Inequality is inextricably linked with distribution of land and natural resources. "
Winnie Byanyima
Land
Natural
Inequality