This forum has the objective to strengthen the international debate about tax and gender, sharing progressive multidisciplinary approaches and alternatives, as well as to train and to build a group of men and women who can advocate for gender perspectives in the tax debate.

Read about the outcomes and download the background documents and presentations

09:00-09:30 | Opening Session

09:30-10:15 | PSI Global Policy on Tax Justice - Daniel Bertossa – PSI (moderator: Verónica Montúfar)

10:15-11:00 | Gender and Tax

• Chiara Carparo – Christian Aid
• Bridget Burrows – ActionAid

11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break

11:30-13:00 | Basics of Tax Policy Issues (moderator: Daniel Bertossa)

• Liz Nelson – Tax Justice Network

13:00-14:30 | Lunch

14:30-16:00 | Alternative Perspectives on Tax

• Erica Siu – ICRICT (by Skype)
• Ana Inés Abelenda – AWID

16:00-17:00 | Current Tax Debate

• Diarmid O’Sullivan – ActionAid

Friday, 1st July

09:00-11:00 | Tax and Gender: Worldwide Struggles (moderator: Verónica Montúfar)

• Everline Aketch – National Union of Educational Institutions, Uganda
• Ana Inés Abelenda – AWID
• Presentations by participants

11:00-11:30 | Coffee

11:30-13:00 | Global Coalition Building (moderator: Sandra Vermuyten)

• Teresa Marshall – Global Alliance for Tax Justice (by Skype)
• Kate Lappin – APWLD (by Skype)
• Presentations by participants

13:00-14:00 | Lunch

14:00-16:00 | Planning PSIs future work in tax and gender

• Verónica Montúfar/Sandra Vermuyten - PSI

16:00-16:30 | Closing Session

Download the draft programme and concept note in English - Español