- Politician | January 13, 1959 -
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
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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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I don't think it's helpful to go dismantling the past, but you can refuse to honor aspects of it that you don't believe in anymore.
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Leadership is so defined by men, and we need to revise that - we need to be able to say that the people we honor are not the conquerors but the peacemakers.
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Extreme inequality is no temporary blip. It is hard-wired into our economies.
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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.
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By allowing super wealthy corporations and individuals to avoid paying their fair share of tax, tax havens are denying governments' revenue that could and should be spent on schools, healthcare, and other essential services.
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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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We treat a planet at crisis point as an externality that can be shunted into a future generation. We continue to act as if we had the natural resources of several planets, not one.
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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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Tax abuse is a scourge on our global community, but especially for Africa.
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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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