Gabriela Bucher
Gabriela Bucher is a Colombian international development and social justice advocate.[1] She served as Executive Director of Oxfam International, and as of 2023 was President of the Fund for Global Human Rights.
Career[edit]
Bucher worked at Plan International for 20 years. From 2006 to 2017, she was CEO of Fundación Plan, a division of Plan International operating in Colombia.[2][3] In 2017, she was promoted to Chief Operating Officer of the organization's headquarters in London.[4][5] At the time of her promotion, El Tiempo wrote she was considered one of the most important development leaders in Colombia.[4]
In 2020, Bucher was appointed Executive Director of Oxfam International. She was the first Colombian to lead the organization.[1] Under her leadership, Oxfam advocated for reducing wealth inequality global, increasing taxes on the wealthy and corporations, and ensuring an equitable global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Bucher warned that the pandemic was intensifying global inequality, and criticized food corporation for reporting high profits as rates of acute hunger grew in the wake of the pandemic.[6] She also advocated for fairer global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines,[7] and called for a one-time 99% tax on the world's billionaires to fund expanded production of vaccines for the poor.[8][9] In 2022, Bucher spoke at a World Economic Forum panel on the future of global taxation.[10] In 2023, Bucher promoted an Oxfam report that called for raising minimum taxes for the wealthiest individuals, as well as raising taxes on large energy and food corporations.[11] In 2023, Bucher was included in Forbes Colombia's list of 100 Powerful Women for her work at Oxfam.[12]
In 2023, Bucher left Oxfam to accept a role as President & CEO of Fund for Global Human Rights.[13]
Personal life[edit]
Bucher grew up in Cali, Colombia. She earned her undergraduate degree at Universidad de los Andes and a postgraduate degree in history at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.[1] As of 2023, Bucher resided in London.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Olarte, Maria Camila González (2022-03-17). "La primera colombiana al mando de Oxfam Internacional". Forbes Colombia (in español). Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ↑ "Tackling teenage pregnancy in Colombia" (PDF). The Lancet. 385. April 18, 2015.
- ↑ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2022-07-05). "Gabriela Bucher: 'Cada 30 horas hay un multimillonario nuevo'". El Tiempo (in spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-01.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rincón, Diana (2017-07-14). "Una colombiana codirige fundación Plan a nivel global". El Tiempo (in spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-01.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "To be it, girls and boys need to see it". Development Matters. 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ↑ "UN appeals for $5.5 billion to avert famine for 34 million". AP News. 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ↑ "COVID-19 health emergency could be over this year, WHO says". AP News. 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ↑ "Group: Tax rich to fund vaccines for poor hit by pandemic". AP News. 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ↑ Ng, Abigail (2022-01-17). "'Obscene inequality': Oxfam says taxing the world's richest could help save lives". CNBC. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ↑ "Experts at WEF weigh in on the future of global taxation". CNBC. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ↑ "As Davos opens, Oxfam urges windfall tax on food companies". AP News. 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ↑ Staff, Forbes (2023-05-05). "Mujeres poderosas 2023 | Gabriela Bucher". Forbes Colombia (in español). Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ↑ Magazine, Harvard Public Health; Kumar, Raj (2023-04-11). "Oxfam's Gabriela Bucher: to end food insecurity, food is not enough". Harvard Public Health Magazine. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
