Winnie Byanyima

20th and 21st-century Ugandan aeronautical engineer, politician and diplomat

Winifred Byanyima (born 13 January 1959) is a Ugandan-born aeronautical engineer, politician, and diplomat. She is the executive director of UNAIDS, effective November 2019. Before that, served as the executive director of Oxfam International, to which she was appointed in May 2013. Also, she served as the director of the Gender Team in the Bureau for Development Policy at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from 2006.

The billionaire boom is not a sign of a thriving economy but a symptom of a failing economic system.

Quotes

edit
  • Those are the jobs we've been told about, that globalization is bringing jobs. The quality of the jobs matter. It matters. These are not jobs of dignity. In many countries, workers no longer have a voice. They are not allowed to unionize, they are not allowed to negotiate for salaries. So we're talking about jobs, but jobs that bring dignity. We're talking about health care. The World Bank has told us that 3.4 billion people who earn $5.50 a day are on the verge, are just a medical bill away from sinking into poverty. They don't have health care. They are just a crop failure away from sinking back into poverty. They don't have crop insurance. So don't tell me about low levels of unemployment. You are counting the wrong things. You're not counting dignity of people. You're counting exploited people.
  • When the world’s richest 1% own as much as the poorest 50%, we have a problem.[1]


edit
 
Wikipedia
Wikipedia has an article about:
 
Commons
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: