This submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women at the 79th Pre-sessional working group has been prepared as a collaboration between Instituto Justiça Fiscal (Brazil) and the Tax Justice Network. It builds on arguments to recognise progressive tax policies and financial transparency laws as the most sustainable and appropriate measure by which a State Party can “ensure the full development and advancement of women, for the purpose of guaranteeing them the exercise and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms” (CEDAW, Article 3).
The report focuses on a limited range of issues to illustrate this including public service provision, income and insecure labour, caring responsibilities and violence against women. All are considered in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.