More than 30 years of experience in political leadership, diplomacy and humanitarian engagement. Recognized expert on women's rights. Formerly: Executive Director, Oxfam International; Director of Gender and Development at the United Nations Development Programme and the African Union Commission; 10 years as Member of Ugandan Parliament. Founder, Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE), which champions women's equal participation in decision-making in Uganda. Currently, UNAIDS Executive Director and Undersecretary-General of the United Nations.
It took the tug of a shirt. A history revisited. One of Oxfam’s most experienced water engineers, Zulfiquar Ali Haider, was recently approached by a man in his sixties, who was living i...
We all celebrated. Poverty in the world halved in just two decades – historic success, humankind at its best, a world altogether more free, less exposed to disease, less violent. More gir...
Durban is a city of two halves. The slums and street hawkers contrast sharply with the upmarket houses and shopping malls of the city's wealthy suburbs. It is in this setting that politic...
Sólo ocho personas poseen la misma riqueza que la mitad más pobre y vulnerable de la población mundial, 3.600 millones de personas. Ya ni siquiera podemos hablar de "personas", porque est...
Today just eight people have the same wealth as 3.6 billion of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable. It’s actually not even “people” anymore, as these fortunate few are all men.
Estamos en una época de cambios internacionales de escala sísmica. Estoy tan nerviosa como cualquier madre por el futuro de mi hijo. Me preocupa la repentina inestabilidad de los sistemas...
This is a time of seismic global shifts. I am as anxious as any parent about her child’s future. I’m worried about the sudden shakiness of the systems that we trust to resolve disputes pe...
When I was called on to join the High Level Panel (HLP) on Access to Medicines set up by the UN Secretary General, I jumped at the opportunity. I am still haunted by the memory of my Ugan...
La última remesa de los Panama Papers de un grupo de periodistas de investigación, se centró en sociedades ficticias y la corrupción en África. Leí sus conclusiones con gran interés y adv...
The latest batch of the Panama Papers from a group of investigative journalists focused on shell companies and corruption in Africa. I read their findings with great interest and noticed ...
The process for arguably the top political job on the planet is well underway. And the time is right for a woman and a feminist to take the helm.
If we want an economy of the 1%, then GDP is very useful. It tells us all we need to know. But if we want an economy that works for us all, we have to pay attention to what it is not tell...
62. That’s the magic number at this year’s World Economic Forum, where political and business leaders will debate how to improve the state of the globe. 62 people now have the same wealth...
This article was originally published ahead of January's World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos.
