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I have learnt to enjoy my own company because I have lived alone many years. ”

Taxing companies, particularly successful multinational companies, is one of the most progressive forms of taxation. ”

I am still haunted by the memory of my Ugandan friends dying from HIV years ago because high prices kept the medicines they needed out of reach. ”

I grew up thinking the most decent job to do was to fight injustice. ”

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. ”

African countries lose the most from tax dodging. African governments must, therefore, do more to push for a full reform of the global tax system and demand action from countries, such as the U.K., whose financial centres sit at the heart of the global network of tax havens. ”

A global tax body would give all countries - not just the rich and powerful - an equal say in how the global rules on taxation are designed. ”

The Paris Agreement threw people of the world a lifeline, and the United States played a vital role in getting us there, not least by working closely with China to clear the decks to a global deal. ”

Oxfam believes that any global talks to reform tax rules must include all countries, including the poorest. ”

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. ”