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Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

- Winnie Byanyima
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Corporations are driving down wages and working conditions across the globe to maximize returns for their shareholders. They use their power and influence to ensure the rules align with their interests - no matter the cost.

When men and women, boys and girls, are denied the right to education, the right to own land, the access to basic services like healthcare and clean water, a fair price for the crops they grow, a fair wage for the work they do, or the right to be part of making decisions that affect them, the result is poverty.

High corruption and the influence of big business and the wealthy elite keeps the poorest Nigerians trapped in poverty and cut off from the benefits of economic growth and basic services. Some people - searching for the means to survive - became vulnerable to groups like Boko Haram.

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

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

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.

Having an economy that works for the 99% is achievable.

We need to tackle extreme inequality because it is morally indefensible and socially corrosive - undermining our health, affecting our well-being, and undermining peaceful societies.

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.

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Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.