K4D Learning Journey on Tax and Gender

There is a growing understanding that tax policy, tax administration and tax research should be gender transformative, to reduce discrimination and promote the economic empowerment of women. In recognition of FCDO’s effort to reshape and build its approach to tax and gender programming, this Learning Journey will bring together tax and gender teams to identify other tax and gender stakeholders and collaboratively devise a future approach to tax and gender for FCDO.

Learning Journey objectives

• Introduce and grow awareness of issues of gender in taxation in the context of development, working with internal and external participants
• Create consensus around priorities for tax and gender policy
• Build capacity of the Tax and PFM Community of Practice and other staff in FCDO’s central and country offices to understand, apply and communicate FCDO’s reshaped approach to tax and gender programming

Learning activities

• Mapping internal and external tax and gender stakeholders
• Online discussions to build consensus around our narrative and tax and gender priorities
• Webinars to raise awareness and understanding of tax and gender issues
• ‘Action learning sets’ to reflect, discuss, and apply learning around tax and gender

Learning products

• Conversations on Gender and Tax – Resource Pack
  Jacky Hicks, Berni Smith, Anna Downs and Benedetta Musillo
  June 2022
• Gender and Tax: Gender Equality Meets Economic Growth – Policy Brief
  Evert-jan Quak and Berni Smith.
• Tax and Gender Guide for Tax Programming
  Evert-jan Quak and Berni Smith.
• A series of video interviews on Tax and Gender with women business owners in Ghana and professionals in Pakistan and Ghana.

Helpdesk Reports

• Gender and Tax: Programming and Evidence
  Kelbesa Megersa
  15 February 2021
• Gender and Tax Policies in the Global South
  Anuradha Joshi, Jalia Kangave and Vanessa van den Boogaard
  26 May 2020
• Gender and Tax Policies in the Global South
  Anuradha Joshi, Jalia Kangave, Vanessa van den Boogaard
  24 September 2020

Contact us

For more information about the Tax and Gender Learning Journey or to register to receive more information, please contact:

Berni Smith, Senior Adviser, FCDO Tax and Gender Lead, [email protected]

Kelbesa Megersa, K4D Lead Researcher, [email protected]