The richest one percent took 82 percent of the wealth generated in 2017, while the poorest half of humanity got nothing.
Winnie Byanyima is a grassroots activist, human rights advocate, senior international public servant, world-recognised expert on women's rights, and c... urrently the executive director of Oxfam International. For 11 years she was a member of the Ugandan Parliament, served at the African Union Commission and was the Director of Gender and Development at the United Nations Development Programme. She co-founded the 60-member Global Gender and Climate Alliance and chaired a UN task force on gender aspects of the Millennium Development Goals, and on climate change. Winnie was also a co-chairperson at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
The richest one percent took 82 percent of the wealth generated in 2017, while the poorest half of humanity got nothing.
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It’s time to forge an ambitious but common-sense economic design that would benefit the 99 percent, not the 1 percent.
Developing nations lay claim to the mantle of leadership for a fairer, safer world.
Now is the time to continue marching forward with our heads and placards held high for all to see.
As the humanitarian scale-up in the region continues, governments and donors are urged to do their part.
Social norms which encourage violence against women need to be confronted and changed.
For now, these summits risk being but a half-hearted beginning to help those millions of people forced to flee.
On the 65th anniversary of the Refugee Convention, let’s #StandAsOne with our 65 million forcibly displaced people.
We must actively reject hateful ideology from all corners.