Quotes from Winnie Byanyima

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.

Whatever I do, it will be fighting for social justice.

Rather than engineering our economies solely to maximise GDP, Africa's business and political leaders must build economies explicitly designed to end poverty and inequality.

I am angry that the international community has failed to find a permanent solution to the plight of the Rohingya. I am also ashamed that, in not speaking out loudly enough, we - humanitarians - have been complicit.

For me, growing up as an activist under an oppressive dictatorship in Uganda, the U.N. was a friend to those of us who fought our way to freedom, as it was for the millions who joined decolonization struggles in the African continent.

I grew up really being able to stand up to authority.

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.

We don't have to accept an economy that doesn't work just because some people have got rich in the status quo. That is not democracy.

GDP excludes care work and other unpaid work, most of which falls to women and girls in rich and in poor countries alike.

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

The move to a zero-carbon future is unstoppable.

What is concerning is that work in the informal sector is characterised by vulnerability, low wages and no rights. So it is not the way that we lift people out of poverty in Africa.

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

The people standing up most strongly for our democracies should be celebrated, not prosecuted - be it those countless human rights defenders who defend all our rights or the brave whistle-blowers who expose tax dodging.

The struggles to overturn colonial rule were long and often bitter. But, over time, most were inevitably successful.

Fundamental is the need for governments to protect the space for citizens to claim their rights, organize, and express themselves.

My life has been varied, involving many jobs, but I have always been impatient with injustice.

I'm ready to do any kind of work, as long as it absorbs my passion for making a just world and equal world.

My own life values were shaped in great part by my mother, who instigated women's clubs in my village. Women were able to organize and stand together. What inspired me most about their work was the power it gave them to assert their rights and the rights of their daughters, be it education or property inheritance.

Democracy in Myanmar cannot be achieved with discrimination and gross violations of human rights.

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.

I have learnt to enjoy my own company because I have lived alone many years.

In the US a child born into a poor family will become a poor adult. The american dream is just that - it is not true, because of the level of extreme inequality.