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" Taxing companies, particularly successful multinational companies, is one of the most progressive forms of taxation. "
Winnie Byanyima
Most
Progressive
Taxation
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Winnie Byanyima
Women
Work
Life
" Wealth is used to entrench inequality, not to trickle down and solve it. "
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Wealth
Used
Down
" Fundamental is the need for governments to protect the space for citizens to claim their rights, organize, and express themselves. "
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Space
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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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Poverty
Political
" 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. "
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Peaceful
Health
Inequality
" 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
" 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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Women
People
Need
" Conflict and callous politics drive famine. "
Winnie Byanyima
Politics
Conflict
Drive
" Here's something we're rarely told growing up: our world rewards wealth, not hard work or talent. "
Winnie Byanyima
Talent
Work
World
" Progressive taxation can offset the effect of growing inequality. "
Winnie Byanyima
Progressive
Inequality
Effect
" Tackling the extreme gap between the rich and the poor and tackling climate change is part of the same struggle. "
Winnie Byanyima
Struggle
Rich
Change
" We have international organizations for health, trade, and football - even for coffee - but not tax. Why not? "
Winnie Byanyima
Why
Tax
Health
" The world belongs to the wealthy, and nowhere is this injustice more apparent than in the workplace. "
Winnie Byanyima
Injustice
World
Workplace
" Billions of people are being left behind by economic growth. "
Winnie Byanyima
Economic
Behind
Left
" Developing countries can make great strides towards more progressive and effective taxation and spending through action within their own borders. But the damage caused by exemptions, loopholes, and tax havens requires action beyond national borders - it requires international action and cooperation. "
Winnie Byanyima
Cooperation
Own
Tax
" 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
" Money doesn't just buy a nice car; it also buys better education or healthcare. Increasingly, it can buy impunity from justice, a pliant media, favorable laws, business advantage, and even elections. This, in turn, perpetuates the policies that allow a tiny elite to accumulate ever more wealth at the expense of the majority. "
Winnie Byanyima
Education
Money
Business
" Global growth and development that is strong, sustainable, and inclusive requires the challenges of inequality to be met head-on. "
Winnie Byanyima
Growth
Strong
Inequality
" We need a world where people do not have to live in fear of the economic repercussions of getting sick or losing their home or job. Where every child gets to fulfil their potential. Where corporations pay their fair share of taxes and work for the good of the majority, not just their shareholders. "
Winnie Byanyima
Work
Live
Job
" We need to harness the boundless energy and creativity of our youth. "
Winnie Byanyima
Energy
Creativity
Our
" 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
" The U.N. must be made more inclusive, accountable, democratic, effective, and reflective of a world in which political and economic power has shifted. "
Winnie Byanyima
More
Political
World
" 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
" If the civil society is not transparent, honest, and accountable, then you cannot be a champion of social justice. "
Winnie Byanyima
You
Society
Justice
" Oxfam believes that any global talks to reform tax rules must include all countries, including the poorest. "
Winnie Byanyima
Any
Tax
Rules
" Inequality is inextricably linked with distribution of land and natural resources. "
Winnie Byanyima
Land
Natural
Inequality
" 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
" 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. "
Winnie Byanyima
People
Young
Women
" Inequality, climate change, and conflict are evicting millions from their homes. But these perils are being met with 'anti-answers' such as nationalism, closed borders, lies, and hatred. "
Winnie Byanyima
Conflict
Inequality
Hatred
" Our economic system has enabled companies and individuals to use their power and influence to capture and retain an ever-increasing share of the benefits of economic growth while the benefits for the poorest in society have shrunk. "
Winnie Byanyima
Growth
Share
Power