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Woman carrying a large bowl of shea nuts with a baby tied behind her back in Ghana.
March 2025|
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Time for a broader, bolder approach to tax justice for women

by Giulia Mascagni, Caren Grown & Rhiannon McCluskey

As policymakers gather to discuss gender and tax at the UN today, this blog draws on research to call for moving beyond a narrow focus on gender bias in tax policy toward a broader, more effective feminist fiscal approach to advance gender equality. …
Woman Sitting and Working at Market on Street
March 2025|
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Why Mainstreaming Gender in Public Institutions Matters, and How We did it for Tax

by Sripriya Iyengar Srivatsa

ICTD research on gender and tax aims to accelerate the shift in international policy debates in…
A group photo of Jalia Kangave, Vanessa van den Boogaard, Giulia Mascagni and Sripriya Srivasta at the IAFFE conference in Rome
September 2024|
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How to support women through policy: what I learned from feminist economists

by Sripriya Iyengar Srivatsa

Earlier this summer, the ICTD Gender team attended the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Association…
A cartoon image of a woman standing on the lower side of a seesaw opposite a man, against a light purple background.
September 2024|
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Addressing Gender Disparities in Tax Expenditures

by Sofia Berg, Giulia Mascagni & Caroline Othim

Understanding the interaction between tax expenditures and gender-based inequalities is essential to ensure that the tax system is fair and equitable – including gender equality in tax matters and the economy more broadly….
Medium shot of a women selling produce in the Saris market, Ethiopia (2020)
March 2024|
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In search of equality: Can taxes be good advocates?

by Sripriya Iyengar Srivatsa

Over the last two years, I have been travelling to Ethiopia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone to…
Women walking in a street in Adjamé Market, Abijan, Ivory Coast. Some are carrying their wares on their heads.
March 2024|
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Taxes and fees in the informal sector shed new light on why engendering tax research matters

by Deanndre Chen

In low-income countries, women make up a significant portion of the informal sector. They are also…
Photo of women of Takalafiya-Lapai village, Niger State, Nigeria
January 2023|
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Mobile money tax: Is there a gender gap?

by Hannelore Niesten & Mary Abounabhan

Gender and tax: As Africa increasingly introduces specific taxes on digital financial services (DFS) such as mobile money, do DFS taxes exacerbate or reduce gender inequality?…
Red vodafone mobile money kiosk in Ghana
October 2022|
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New data on the e-levy in Ghana: Unpopular tax on mobile money transfers is hitting the poor hardest

by Vanessa van den Boogaard, Max Gallien, Michael Rogan & Nana Akua Anyidoho

In Ghana, the “e-levy” has been linked to the current administration’s “Ghana Beyond Aid” strategy for reducing aid dependence….
June 2022|
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How will the E-levy impact the informal sector in Ghana?

by Rhiannon McCluskey & Philipa Birago Akuoko

The Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy), a 1.5% tax on all electronic transactions, went into effect on the 1st of May amongst considerable uncertainty and controversy….
This Women’s Day, we need to talk about toilet taxes
March 2020|
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This Women’s Day, we need to talk about toilet taxes

by Jalia Kangave

In 2018, the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) published findings from a research study…
March 2019|
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What have we learned about gender and tax in Africa?

by Rhiannon McCluskey

About two years ago, the ICTD began a new research program on gender and taxation with…
Trader selling cowpea at Oje market, Ibadan
August 2018|
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Tax Justice – How to integrate local experiences into an international campaign?

by Mª Josep Cascant-Sempere (Kas)

What does tax justice mean at the local level, and how can the experiences of informal market traders be linked with broader international campaigns? This blog draws out insights from ActionAid’s experience of incorporating the demands of market traders in Nigeria into its international tax justice campaign….