Winnie Byanyima Quotes

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Winnie Byanyima

Profession : Politician

Birth : January 13, 1959

Inequality is inextricably linked with distribution of land and natural resources.

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I'm ready to do any kind of work, as long as it absorbs my passion for making a just world and equal world.

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I grew up thinking the most decent job to do was to fight 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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Whatever I do, it will be fighting for social justice.

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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 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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Citizens need to know how their countries are being run so that they can hold governments and big business to account.

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Investing in vital infrastructure will help to build more sustainable, equitable economies.

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To build more human economies in Africa, governments must be far more strategic, wise, and forward-looking in their expenditure and build diverse economies that are going to deliver the jobs for the next generation.

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Crucially, African governments must ensure they prioritize the eradication of tax evasion and tax avoidance.

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Protecting space for civil society and citizenry is particularly critical in a world marked by rising political and economic inequality.

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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.

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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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People who are denied access to power are also denied the opportunity to make or influence decisions to live a better life out of poverty and claim their rights.

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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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Rather than working for all, power and public policy is increasingly influenced by wealthy elites that are able to bend the rules - and hijack democratic institutions - to their favour.

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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.

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Poverty is rooted in injustice.

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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.

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