The global financial crisis led to greater job loss and poverty among women than men while rising food prices and responsibility for social reproduction take excessive tolls on the livelihoods of women. Financial crises and austerity measures to combat crises undermine the human rights to work, education, health and nourishment and the capacity to provide […]
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Lois Woestman writing in May 2012 examines how, over the past two years, Greece has been undergoing economic shock therapy not unlike that undertaken by many countries in the Global South/Arab world. She argues that in the Greek case the EC institutions have been even more austere than the IMF. The impacts are similar to […]
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The Group of 20 (G20) has declared itself the “premier global economic forum” and was created to tackle the most pressing challenges confronting the world economy today, including reducing instability and preventing future financial crises. The G20 has committed itself to a goal of shared and inclusive growth. Given this commitment, it is striking how […]
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Angelika Arutyunova. Women’s rights activists and advocates are not the only ones talking about the importance of inclusion of women and girls in the development processes. From the World Bank to corporations, investing in women and girls trend has picked up over the past years. At the same time, AWID’s Where is the Money for […]
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By Bhumika Muchhala. Two areas in the international economic and financial architecture that impede the realization of developmental objectives and gender equity are briefly focused on, and include the contractionary macroeconomic policy framework espoused by the International Monetary Fund, the trend of financial liberalization and the volatility of capital flows and problems caused by it. The […]
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Current discourses identify women’s economic engagement as a strategy to improve economic indicators, ignoring root causes of women’s poverty and shifting donors’ focus away from promoting women’s rights. This session – one of the top ten breakout sessions as voted for by Forum participants – explored strategies to challenge instrumentalist views and to promote a discourse […]
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This session – one of the top ten breakout sessions as voted for by Forum participants – was open to all women’s groups interested to take part or currently working on tax justice issues. It aimed to examine regressive tax structures in Asia that affect women. Sharing of country campaigns and initiatives done to address […]
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Women’s organizations are leading complex social change processes that are political and feminist! Why can’t the same be true of our monitoring and evaluation practices? Women’s organizations are being pressed to show why donor resources are making a difference. This session – one of the top ten breakout sessions as voted for by Forum participants […]
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Welcome to the 5th edition of TJN-A’s Africa Tax Spotlight, which is dedicated to issues about taxation and its relationship with men, women, gender equality and equity in Africa. There is no better time to release this edition than now following the world’s recent centennial celebration of the International Women’s day. I had the great […]
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The manual provides a summary of why African states and citizens should engage in the campaign for tax justice. The manual gives an overview of the sources of tax injustices in Africa, the key actors in framing the tax policy landscape on the continent, the agencies influencing tax policy in Africa and finally a way […]
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This session examined key pillars of the international financial architecture, fiscal and monetary policy, financial markets, public debt, and the role of actors ranging from Wall Street, to central banks, and others. It focused on the ideology and principles shaping the current system and how it could be re-structured. A power point presentation shared by […]
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Bilateral free trade and investment agreements are bringing in much more than trade, and their gender impact is changing in nature and depth. This session informed about and explored some of these issues across sectors such as agriculture, industry and services, with a focus on developing countries. A summary prepared by AWID staff of the […]
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Taxation is gendered and can reproduce or sometimes exacerbate gender inequalities. As demand for increased domestic resource mobilization grows, gender-based organizations need to expose the implicit and explicit gender biases of tax policies and advocate for their removal. This Tax Advocacy Tool Kit from Tax Justice Network-Africa will equip you to do just that. A summary […]
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This session was an audio-visual presentation/talk/Q&A on how money and financial systems operate and impact on women of limited means; how the system serves economic purpose, but also deceives and impoverishes through abuse. It interactively provided what women need to know and do to counter the system and survive. Three videos and a summary shared […]
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What counts, what doesn’t count, who’s doing the counting, and what are the data used for? After an introduction to the basics using ‘chapters’ from the Who’s Counting? video, this session explored the current status of national income accounting, the best questions feminists can be asking, and the best strategies to adopt. A summary prepared […]
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Militarism, Violence & Conflict
Labour & Work
The Role of the State
Sexuality
The Planet and Ecological Health
Financial Flows
Access to and Control of Resources
Private Sector and Corporate Power
Culture and Religion
Global Governance