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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. ”

I believe we can build a human economy where people are the bottom line. ”

Instead of presiding over an economic system that panders to big business and a wealthy elite, a more human economy must be established which meets the needs of African women and young people. ”

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. ”

Extreme inequality is no temporary blip. It is hard-wired into our economies. ”

The move to a zero-carbon future is unstoppable. ”

Investing in vital infrastructure will help to build more sustainable, equitable economies. ”

We treat a planet at crisis point as an externality that can be shunted into a future generation. We continue to act as if we had the natural resources of several planets, not one. ”

The discrimination of women and girls goes to the core of any and all analyses of the world's economic, political, and environmental problems. ”