- Politician | January 13, 1959 -
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
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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You are not going to lift everybody out of poverty through the kindness of wealthy people.
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I grew up really being able to stand up to authority.
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Africa's young population could be a huge economic asset if inequality were addressed.
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My life has been varied, involving many jobs, but I have always been impatient with injustice.
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