Below are some of the notable quotes from the panel.
Aurea Mouzinho, GATJ
“This year, with the banner Taxing Fairly for Gender-Transformative Care, the campaign calls attention to the essential role that tax revenues can and should play in the recognition, reduction, redistribution, rewarding and reclaiming the public nature of the disproportionate burden of care work realised by women and girls around the world.”
Chenai Mukumba, TJNA
“A feminist approach to tax systems is important because it acknowledges that tax is not only a financial and economic tool but also a reflection of local, cross-border, societal norms and power structures which are often disadvantageous to women.”
Thao Hoang, Action Aid Vietnam
"About 67% of healthcare workers don’t have enough resources or support to ensure that they have decent jobs at the hospital and clinics. However, the tax holidays Vietnam gives to corporations and tech companies can pay for the salaries of 45,000 nurses for a year. This shows the gaps in our resources which undermine public services."
Amy Matsui, National Women’s Law Center (US)
“If we don’t make the right policy choices, we lose the opportunity to make the economy work for women, especially women of colour.”
Tove Ryding, Eurodad
“This year, we are negotiating the terms of reference for the new UN Framework Convention on international tax cooperation. Ensuring that gender is solidly in those terms is a key battle and a first step to the systematic reforms that we are calling for.”
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