Winnie Byanyima: Why Inequality Matters
A warm thank you to Winnie for an inspiring lecture!
Why Inequality Matters
A lecture by Winnie Byanyima
Executive Director Oxfam International
Thursday 15 October 2015
5pm-6.30pm (followed by a drinks reception)
M1, WBS TEACHING CENTRE
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Winnie Byanyima
Winnie Byanyima is Executive Director of Oxfam International. She is a leader on women’s rights, democratic governance and peace building. She served eleven years in the Ugandan Parliament, and has served at the African Union Commission and as Director of Gender and Development at the United Nations Development Program. 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.
Ms Byanyima will be visiting the University of Warwick on Thursday 15 October 2015 to speak about Oxfam's recent report on global inequality. The report shows that the share of the world's wealth owned by the richest 1% increased from 44% in 2009 to 48% last year. On current trends, Oxfam says it expects the wealthiest 1% to own more than 50% of the world's wealth by 2016.
Winnie's lecture will be based on the Oxfam Report:
Even It Up: Time to End Extreme Inequality
