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"22 Winnie Byanyima Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 13 January 1959 | Engineer | Politician | Diplomat |

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

World Core Political Economic
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Without women's equal access to positions of decision-making power and a clear process to get there, gender equality, global security, and peace will never be realized.

Access Clear Equal Gender
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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.

Anymore Believe Aspects Honor
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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.

Honor People Able Revise
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Economic inequality is a corrosive force that undermines economic growth, puts a brake on the fight against poverty, and sparks social unrest.

Against Brake Corrosive Economic
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Extreme inequality is no temporary blip. It is hard-wired into our economies.

Economies Extreme Inequality Temporary
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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.

Benefits Capture Share Retain
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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.

Spent Revenue Share Avoid
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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.

About Talk Careful Giving
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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.

Cutting Down Forest Loss
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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.

Act Continue Crisis Future
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Tax abuse is a scourge on our global community, but especially for Africa.

Abuse Africa Community Global
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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.

Shifted Power Economic World
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Conflict and callous politics drive famine.

Callous Conflict Drive Famine
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Billions of people are being left behind by economic growth.

Behind Being Billions Economic
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Global growth and development that is strong, sustainable, and inclusive requires the challenges of inequality to be met head-on.

Challenges Global Growth Inclusive
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Far too many governments are cutting back on their investment in human development.

Back Cutting Development Far
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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.

Hatred Lies Borders Closed
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Development cooperation between nations is very important because it is one of the building blocks of shared peace, prosperity, and human rights for all. It is one of the antidotes to the poison of xenophobia.

Because Between Blocks Building
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That a country has a strong civil society is, I believe, particularly necessary for good development.

Believe Civil Good Country
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The importance of tackling inequality in Africa cannot be overstated.

Africa Cannot Importance Inequality
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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.

African Big Economic Elite
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Winnie Byanyima Quotes & Sayings