Overcoming COVID-19 will require tackling inequality
Gender inequality is not only wrong, it is dangerous and weakens us all: global leaders must boldly finance a more equal world post-pandemic.
More than 30 years of experience in political leadership, diplomacy and humanitarian engagement. Recognized expert on women's rights. Formerly: Executive Director, Oxfam International; Director of Gender and Development at the United Nations Development Programme and the African Union Commission; 10 years as Member of Ugandan Parliament. Founder, Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE), which champions women's equal participation in decision-making in Uganda. Currently, UNAIDS Executive Director and Undersecretary-General of the United Nations.
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Saving lives from COVID-19 will be of little benefit if deaths from HIV, TB and malaria continue to rise in Africa, write Winnie Byanyima, Lucica Ditiu and Abdourahame Diallo.
Sustainable Development
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Geographies in Depth
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Resilience, Peace and Security
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The head of Oxfam, Winnie Byanyima, apologises for the Haiti sex abuse scandal that rocked the organisation last year and explains what the NGO is doing to ensure it never happens again.
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L'éruption de la colère populaire qui a secoué la politique de nombreux pays ces dernières années est enracinée dans l'échec de ce modèle néolibéral.
Economic Growth
La verdad impactante sobre la desigualdad hoy
Cada enero vislumbro un mundo diferente. Un mundo de multimillonarios, de élites empresariales y políticas, que se unen en el centro turístico suizo de Davos para la Reunión Anual del For...
Economic Growth
The shocking truth about inequality today
The wealth of the world’s billionaires increased by twelve percent or $2.5 billion a day last year. But the poorest half of humanity got poorer, writes Oxfam's Winnie Byanyima.
Global Cooperation
La Globalización 4.0 puede tener un futuro brillante, si nos liberamos de la injusticia del pasado
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Economic Growth
Globalization 4.0 can be a brilliant future - if we break from the injustice of the past
For humanity to have any hope at all, Globalization 4.0 must break with neoliberalism for good, writes Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International.
Food and Water
Les chaînes d'approvisionnement des supermarchés favorisent la pauvreté et l'inégalité. Nous pouvons améliorer cela
La nouvelle recherche d'Oxfam et sa campagne Behind the Price montrent le coût humain caché derrière cette puissante industrie - et cela touche la pauvreté mondiale en plein cœur.
Industries in Depth
Las cadenas de suministro de los supermercados están impulsando la pobreza y la desigualdad. Podemos hacer mejor las cosas
Ha llegado el momento de que el sistema alimentario mundial termine, no defienda, la injusticia de la pobreza.
Industries in Depth
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In a cruel paradox, many of the people who produce our food go without enough to eat themselves. Supermarkets must rewrite the rules of how value is created and shared.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
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As the G7 countries prepare to gather in Canada, leaders from the world's richest nations must commit to responsibly redesigning their economies to work for women, and support a broader s...
Economic Growth
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