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Article

10 Oct 2016

Author:
Veronica Grondona, CCC; Nicole Bidegain Ponte, DAWN; & Corina Rodríguez Enriquez, DAWN

Tax avoidance by corporations perpetuates gender inequality, according to policy group

"Curbing Illicit Financial Flows and dismantling secrecy jurisdictions to advance women’s human rights", 20 Apr 2016

This paper explores some of the links between tax justice and gender justice...Tax evasion and avoidance have the following effects: (i) undermine the possibility to close the financing gap for gender equality and women’s rights; (ii) have negative impacts on vertical equity and the progressiveness of tax systems that disproportionately affect women...It argues that confronting and dismantling the global enablers and secrecy jurisdictions will be beneficial not only for transparency and global equality but also to achieve greater gender equality and to respect, protect and fulfill the human rights of women and girls...Tax policies are not neutral; they can perpetuate or promote social equality and gender equality. Women and men experience differently the impacts of tax policies, because of their diverse and unequal positions as part of the workforce, as consumers, producers, as asset owners, and as responsible for the activities of the “care economy” within and outside households. Moreover, gender inequality intersects with other inequalities based on socioeconomic status, race, age, location, caste and other social markers...