Tax Justice for Women’s Rights: Calendar of Events & Mobilisations

As part of the Global Days of Action on Tax Justice for Women’s Rights (15-26 March 2021), the Global Alliance for Tax Justice, its members and partners are organising events and mobilisations all around the world. They are opened to everyone and participation is free of charge. Check out our calendar!

19 March – Make Tax Work For Women

Organised by the Law and Justice Initiative (LAJI)
About the event: It aims to address and highlight some of the tax issues affecting women and integrate tax justice. Join us as we deliberate on ways we can create enabling environments that foster the achievement of sustainable development goals through peaceful recourse and gender budgeting.
Time: 8 AM – 2 PM (East Africa Time) 
Venue: Jubilee Auditorium – Catholic University of Eastern Africa – Bogani East Road – Nairobi/Kenya
Registrationshttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/make-tax-work-for-women-tickets-145844929109
Language: English

19 March – Youth Policy Village: Taxing for Gender Responsive Recovery

Organised by Youth for Tax Justice Network
Time: 9 AM – 1 PM (East Africa Time)
Venue: Golf Course Hotel – Kampala/Uganda 
Registrationshttps://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrdO2rqDIjGdWBKvfPmFKfGt3btiXfHhpV
Language: English

19 March – Tax Justice & Gender Justice

Organised by Women’s Budget Group & Tax Justice UK
About the event: Part of the series of webinars addressing the most pressing issues facing women across the UK today. This webinar will be a discussion chaired by Margaret Hodge MP, with Sue Himmelweit (UK Women’s Budget Group), Robert Palmer (Tax Justice UK) and further speakers to be confirmed.
Time: 1 PM – 2 PM (GMT)
Venue: Online
Registrationshttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tax-justice-gender-justice-tickets-142209…
Language: English

19 March –  Justicia Fiscal y el Movimiento Feminista en Paraguay

Organised by RJFALC, Latindadd, CESR, Decidamos and Iniciativa PD-DH-PF
About the event: This webinar is part of a series of regional and national discussions in Latin America and the Caribbean. This one will focus on Paraguay’s specific context and aims to highlight tax issues that affect women; integrate tax justice as part of broader struggles for gender justice and women’s rights; and raise awareness about tax justice by amplifying the voices of real people.
Time: 3 PM (Nicaragua) / 4 PM (Ecuador) / 6 PM (Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil)
Venue: Facebook de Decidamos Paraguay
Registrations: Not required
Language: Spanish

22 March – UNCSW65 Parallel Event: Taxing for Gender Equality, Social Protection, and the Futures Women Need

Organised by the Feminist Legal Studies department of Queen’s University
About the event: This is an opportunity to share experiences, goals and methods regarding all aspects of restoring financing for gender equality.
Time: 10 AM – 12 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
Venue: UNCSW65 platform
Registrations: To attend a parallel event, you will first need to register as an NGO CSW65 Forum Advocate. Then you will need to create a profile and login to the NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum platform where the link to the event will be published. The Zoom link to attend the event will be published here a few minutes before the event starts.
Language: English

23 March – UNCSW65 Parallel Event: Reframing taxation to fulfill women’s rights: a feminist taxation framework

Organised by the members of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice’s Tax and Gender Working Group
About the event: The speakers will present a bold new feminist taxation framework centring women’s full participation and decision-making, designed to ensure that all tax systems tax women equally in the realisation of substantive gender equality.
Time: 4 PM (East Africa Time)
Venue: UNCSW65 platform
Registrations: To attend a parallel event, you will first need to register as an NGO CSW65 Forum Advocate. Then you will need to create a profile and login to the NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum platform where the link to the event will be published. The Zoom link to attend the event will be published here a few minutes before the event starts.
Language: English, Spanish and French

24 March – UNCSW65 Parallel Event: Placing Feminist Economic Justice at the Core of an Equitable Green Future

Organised by Heinrich Böll Stiftung
Time: 9 AM – 10:30 AM (Eastern Standard Time)
Venue: UNCSW65 platform
Registrations: To attend a parallel event, you will first need to register as an NGO CSW65 Forum Advocate. Then you will need to create a profile and login to the NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum platform where the link to the event will be published. The Zoom link to attend the event will be published here a few minutes before the event starts.
Language: English

24 March – Justicia fiscal y el movimiento feminista en Centroamérica

Organised by RJFALC, Latindadd, CESR, INIET and Iniciativa PD-DH-PF
About the event: This webinar is part of a series of regional and national discussions in Latin America and the Caribbean. This one will focus on Central America’s specific context and aims to highlight tax issues that affect women; integrate tax justice as part of broader struggles for gender justice and women’s rights; and raise awareness about tax justice by amplifying the voices of real people.
Time: 6 PM (Nicaragua) / 7 PM (Ecuador) / 9 PM (Paraguay, Argentina, Brasil)
Venue: Zoom
Registrationshttps://zoom.us/j/95017446467 
Language: Spanish

31 March – Justicia fiscal y el movimiento feminista en Ecuador

Organised by RJFALC, Latindadd, CESR, CDES and Iniciativa PD-DH-PF
About the event: This webinar is part of a series of regional and national discussions in Latin America and the Caribbean. This one will focus on Ecuador’s specific context and aims to highlight tax issues that affect women; integrate tax justice as part of broader struggles for gender justice and women’s rights; and raise awareness about tax justice by amplifying the voices of real people.
Time: 6 PM (Nicaragua) / 7 PM (Ecuador) / 9 PM (Paraguay, Argentina, Brasil)
Venue: Zoom
Registrationshttps://zoom.us/j/96356967651
Language: Spanish