{"id":36529,"date":"2017-03-08T07:07:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T07:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=36529"},"modified":"2017-03-08T07:07:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T07:07:50","slug":"tax-justice-and-womens-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2017\/03\/08\/tax-justice-and-womens-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Justice and Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Today is International Women's Day, so I share this from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxjustice.net\/2017\/02\/07\/tax-justice-womens-rights-global-days-action-coming\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tax Justice <\/a>blog, because the relationship between tax and women's rights has been ignored for too long:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Tax Justice Network is supporting global partners in highlighting the impact of regressive tax policies and financial secrecy on women\u2019s fundamental human rights, something we campaign on and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxjustice.net\/topics\/inequality-democracy\/gender\/\">write about<\/a>. Here\u2019s some information about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltaxjustice.org\/en\/action\/global-days-action-taxjustice-women%E2%80%99s-rights\"><strong>#TaxJustice for Women\u2019s Rights Global Days of Action<\/strong><\/a>. The dates for your diary are 8-24 March 2017.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxjustice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Women.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19365\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19365 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxjustice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Women-300x169.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.taxjustice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Women-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.taxjustice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Women.jpg 731w\" alt=\"Women\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You and your organisation are invited to join the Global Alliance for Tax Justice, our members and partners including international women\u2019s rights groups and global trade unions in taking action to advance tax justice for women\u2019s rights. See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltaxjustice.org\/en\/action\/global-days-action-taxjustice-women%E2%80%99s-rights\">Campaign page here<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>WHAT CAN YOU DO?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Start planning your creative actions to promote #TaxJustice for Women\u2019s Rights in the Global Days of Action, 8-24 March 2017.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Join with women\u2019s rights, trade union and tax justice groups in your country to understand the issues and plan joint work together.<\/li>\n<li>Send letters and ask to meet with your national government and UN representatives to explain why we need tax justice to ensure gender justice. See these suggested <a class=\"broken_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltaxjustice.org\/sites\/default\/files\/UNCSW_TaxJustice_ADVOCACY%20MESSAGES.pdf\">ADVOCACY MESSAGES<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Begin contacting your government representatives who are attending the annual UN Commission on Status of Women, 13-24 March in New York.<\/strong> Explain why tax justice is needed to deliver on the UNCSW theme of \u201cWomen\u2019s economic empowerment in the changing world of work.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Share the word through social media: <strong>#IWD2017 \/ #taxjustice \/ #womensrights \/ #UNCSW17<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Let us know what you\u2019re doing! <\/strong>Please fill out the <a href=\"http:\/\/globaltaxjustice.org\/en\/events\">SUBMIT EVENT<\/a> form.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We\u2019ll promote your activities and suggest connections to build impact. <\/strong>Please also\u00a0 send your event details, news, photos, videos, and social media links to <a href=\"mailto:marie@globaltaxjustice.org?subject=UNCSW_Tax%20Justice%20for%20Women%27s%20Rights\">marie@globaltaxjustice.org<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:teresa@globaltaxjustice.org?subject=UNCSW_Tax%20Justice%20for%20Women%27s%20RIghts\">teresa@globaltaxjustice.org<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:bridget.burrows@actionaid.org?subject=UNCSW_Tax%20Justice%20for%20Women%27s%20RIghts\">bridget.burrows@actionaid.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>KEY DATES<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>International Women\u2019s Rights Day, Wed. 8 March 2017 \u2014 <\/strong>Join people around the world as we <strong>launch the Global Days of Action for #TaxJustice for Women\u2019s Rights<\/strong>, and call on our governments to stop the global scandal of corporate tax dodging, end illicit financial flows, and transform inequitable fiscal policies in order to fund and fulfill women\u2019s rights.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Follow up with your government representatives who are attending the annual UN Commission on Status of Women, 13-24 March in New York.<\/strong> Explain why tax justice is needed to deliver on the UNCSW theme of \u201cWomen\u2019s economic empowerment in the changing world of work.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wed. 15 March \u2014 ActionAid International will release a new report on macroeconomics and violence against women.<\/strong> Watch for and share the report. Attend the UNCSW parallel event 15 March @ 8.30am, Church Center of the United Nations, New York.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thurs. 16 March @ 6.15pm \u2014 participate in the <\/strong><a class=\"broken_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltaxjustice.org\/sites\/default\/files\/UNCSW2017-TaxJustice-poster_1.pdf\"><strong>#TaxJustice for Women\u2019s Rights\u2019 forum<\/strong><\/a>, Hardin Room, Church Center of the United Nations, New York. *<em>This UNCSW parallel event is jointly hosted by the Global Alliance for Tax Justice, Global Unions, Association for Women\u2019s Rights in Development, Center for Economic and Social Rights, Oxfam, ActionAid, Tax Justice Network, Christian Aid, National Taxpayers Association Kenya.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>World Water Day, Wed. 22 March 2017 \u2014 stand in solidarity with Public Services International members.<\/strong> Tell our governments to ensure the Human Right to Water is realised through universal access to public water services that boost women\u2019s health and economic independence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltaxjustice.org\/sites\/default\/files\/UNCSW_TaxJustice_WHAT%27S%20AT%20STAKE.pdf\"><strong>WHAT\u2019S AT STAKE? <\/strong><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltaxjustice.org\/sites\/default\/files\/UNCSW_TaxJustice_WHAT%27S%20AT%20STAKE.pdf\">click here for more background<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>ORGANISING TEAM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The<strong> #TaxJustice for Women\u2019s Rights Global Days of Action <\/strong>campaign is an initiative of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice, GATJ Tax &amp; Gender and Global Action Working groups, and committed partners including Public Services International, the International Trade Union Confederation, Association for Women\u2019s Rights in Development, Center for Economic and Social Rights, ActionAid, Christian Aid, Oxfam and Tax Justice Network.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information, please contact:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>GATJ Campaign &amp; Communications team: <a href=\"mailto:teresa@globaltaxjustice.org\">teresa@globaltaxjustice.org<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:marie@globaltaxjustice.org\">marie@globaltaxjustice.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GATJ Tax &amp; Gender working group co-facilitators: <a href=\"mailto:bridget.burrows@actionaid.org\">bridget.burrows@actionaid.org<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:cothim12@gmail.com\">cothim12@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is International Women&#8217;s Day, so I share this from the Tax Justice blog, because the relationship between tax and women&#8217;s rights has been ignored<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2017\/03\/08\/tax-justice-and-womens-rights\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-tax-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}