Winnie Byanyima is Executive Director of Oxfam International, a global network working in more than 90 countries for a just world without poverty. Ms Byanyima is a global women’s rights leader, human rights defender and an authority on economic inequality. Prior to Oxfam, Ms Byanyima led the directorates of gender and development at the United Nations Development Programme and the African Union Commission, and served eleven years in the Ugandan Parliament.