Date and venue

23 April 2024, 13h15-14h45 EDT, 2F Conference Room, CCUN, New York City, USA or 19:15-20:45 CEST

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Aims

This hybrid event aims to examine how tax policy, especially capital and wealth taxation, can shape a more gender-just world, to have a constructive exchange on policy approaches and options and to share initiatives and campaigns by civil society, women’s and faith-based organisations for global tax justice and gender justice.

Brief description

Linking with the theme of 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, “Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective”, the session will bring a range of perspectives to bear on the questions: What can we do to address extreme wealth concentration? How can taxing the richest in our societies as well as addressing corporate tax evasion serve to advance the goal of gender equity? And why should faith-based organisations care?  This session will explore pathways and discuss proposals for such tax measures – critical for mitigating economic inequality and rebuilding social trust – and how they might also promote gender equality and women’s rights. It will highlight challenges and opportunities in the current political landscape as well as share the efforts of civil society, women’s and faith-based groups in connecting global tax justice with gender justice.

Organisers

New International Financial and Economic Architecture (NIFEA) sponsoring organisations: World Council of Churches, World Communion of Reformed Churches, Lutheran World Federation, World Methodist Council, Council for World Mission and All Africa Conference of Churches.

Methodology 

• Talk show format