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" Governments and civil society must step up to ensure inclusivity in the commissioning, design, delivery, and assessment of vital public services. "

Winnie Byanyima

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" Tax abuse is a scourge on our global community, but especially for Africa. "

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" A global tax body would give all countries - not just the rich and powerful - an equal say in how the global rules on taxation are designed. "

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" The concentration of wealth in the hands of the few threatens the ability of ordinary people to raise their voices and have a say over how our societies are run. "

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" When we talk about women's economic empowerment, we should be careful that we're not just giving women more to do. "

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" To reduce gaps between men and women, we will need to change the way people think, behave, and relate to each other. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" The high price of medicines is crippling healthcare systems and denying people access to the treatments they so desperately need. "

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" The U.N. must be made more inclusive, accountable, democratic, effective, and reflective of a world in which political and economic power has shifted. "

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" Rather than engineering our economies solely to maximise GDP, Africa's business and political leaders must build economies explicitly designed to end poverty and inequality. "

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" Democracy in Myanmar cannot be achieved with discrimination and gross violations of human rights. "

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" The discrimination of women and girls goes to the core of any and all analyses of the world's economic, political, and environmental problems. "

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" Rule of law, access to justice, and financial transparency happen by design, not accident. "

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" 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. "

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" Fundamental is the need for governments to protect the space for citizens to claim their rights, organize, and express themselves. "

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" The struggles to overturn colonial rule were long and often bitter. But, over time, most were inevitably successful. "

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" GDP excludes care work and other unpaid work, most of which falls to women and girls in rich and in poor countries alike. "

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" 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. "

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" Poverty is a result of lack of opportunity. Lack of opportunity is about being without power, without being in a position to make choices. "

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" 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. "

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" It's happy and secure people who the are most creative. "

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" My life has been varied, involving many jobs, but I have always been impatient with injustice. "

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" We have international organizations for health, trade, and football - even for coffee - but not tax. Why not? "

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