Quotes from Winnie Byanyima

Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

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.

Here's something we're rarely told growing up: our world rewards wealth, not hard work or talent.

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

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.

We need to harness the boundless energy and creativity of our youth.

Governments, the investor and business community, and civil society organizations and public representatives need to work together to ensure the necessary foundations are in place to align private finance to guarantee sustainable and equitable development and poverty reduction.

The world belongs to the wealthy, and nowhere is this injustice more apparent than in the workplace.

Wealth does not trickle down to the poor. Oxfam knows this, the IMF knows this, the World Bank knows this. Poor people have always known this.

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.

The U.N. must be made more inclusive, accountable, democratic, effective, and reflective of a world in which political and economic power has shifted.

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.

To reduce gaps between men and women, we will need to change the way people think, behave, and relate to each other.

Developing countries are losing significant tax revenues through corporate tax dodging.

Poverty is rooted in injustice.

I grew up thinking the most decent job to do was to fight injustice.

African countries lose billions every year because of tax dodging by big corporations and wealthy individuals. They lose billions more from overly generous tax incentives in a misguided belief that this is the only way to attract foreign investment.

Rule of law, access to justice, and financial transparency happen by design, not accident.

If the civil society is not transparent, honest, and accountable, then you cannot be a champion of social justice.

Far too many governments are cutting back on their investment in human development.

We don't want to tell young girls and boys that the odds are stacked against them from the start. Instead, we could tell them that with passion, conviction, and determination we can build a better future. This future is possible by redesigning our economy to truly reward hard work rather than wealth.

The high price of medicines is crippling healthcare systems and denying people access to the treatments they so desperately need.

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.

Wealth is used to entrench inequality, not to trickle down and solve it.