Webinar: Gender Lens on Financing for Development: Tax Justice for Gender Equality

Feminist Task Force and K.U.L.U. Women and Development invite you to participate in our second webinar on Thursday 3rd of September at 14.00-15.30 pm CEST.

 

 

The webinar will bring insights and discuss the links between tax justice and the Financing for Development (FfD) process from a gender equality and women’s empowerment perspective. We will discuss this with:

• Resina Katafono, Economic Affairs Officer, Financing for Sustainable Development Office, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
• Gea Meijers, Coordinator, Women in Development Europe Plus (WIDE+)
• Kathleen Lahey, Professor and Queen’s National Scholar, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, Co-director, Feminist Legal Studies Queen’s, Canada
• Caroline Othim, Campaigns & Policy Coordinator – Africa, Global Alliance for Tax Justice, Co-coordinator Gender & Tax Working Group, Kenya

We look forward to an engaging panel discussion and Q&A session in the final plenary.

Taxation is the most sustainable solution to sufficiently fund women’s and girls’ basic needs and reduce gender inequality. However, the lack of an international tax system that works for women, neoliberal economic and austerity policies, tax avoidance and illicit financial flows reduce the capacity of governments to raise tax revenues and finance women’s rights issues. In the webinar, we will discuss the links between tax justice, the FfD process, Beijing Platform for Action and CEDAW.

It is the second webinar in our joint “Finance Gender Equality and Women’s Rights – Close the Gap” project that aims to inform about and engage new participation among civil society in the UN Financing for Development (FfD) agenda.