Welcome to hardtalk a significant shift is afoot in the world of International Development, more of the Decision Making power is being located in the global south, closer to the front line on the wall in poverty. There is less talk of aid and more of empowerment, self help and more of empowerment, self help and local solutions. And at the forefront of this is my guest today, winnie byanyima, the ugandan boss of oxfa m winnie byanyima, the ugandan boss of Oxfam International, who is overseeing the ngos move from the uk to can you. Is International Development currently and fit for purpose . Kenya. And fit. Unfit. Winnie byanyima, wellcome. Thank you, stephen. We have talked to quite a number of top officials on this programme, the bosses of international ngos, you are different from most because of your back story. Do you feel somewhat different from your peers in this world . Different from your peers in this world . A little bit. Not completely. I feel different because there are few
Is afoot in the world winnie byanyima, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. We have talked to quite a number of top officials on this programme, big bosses of international ngos, you are different from most because of your back story. Do you feel somewhat different from your peers in this world . A little bit. Not completely. I feel different because there are few heads, maybe i am the first, head of a Global Organisation from africa, from the south and who is a woman. Combining all those three. So yes, sometimes i feel a bit different, but generally feel the same with my peers. We are all passionate, we share the same values and we fight the same causes. I am interested you picked that word fight, your life compared to most of your peers has been defined by this notion of struggle and fight. Sometimes in the most liberal sense, because you did spend a couple of years in the ugandan bush fighting against the dictatorship in uganda. So for you, this idea of struggle does seem to be
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