Byanyima pioneered gender equality provisions for the Ugandan constitution in 1995. A former director of gender and development at the UN, in 2013 she became the executive director of Oxfam International, stating her belief that “the world needs a strong civil society now more than ever before.”
Further reading:
Winnie Byanyima's Twitter
Winnie Byanyima's Oxfam profile
Winnie Byanyima interview: 'We don't think charity is the way to resolve global inequality' James Ashton talks to Byanyima about Oxfam's international charity work.
Rising Inequality in the Global South: Time to Focus on the Solutions Byanyima writes on Oxfam's efforts in sub-Saharan Africa.
