Network for Women's Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT)

NETRIGHT is a network of organisations and individuals with a clear interest in working together to bring a gender perspective to national processes.

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#PressStatement

Check out NETRIGHT-Ghana's press statement on the Gender Analysis of the 2026 National Budget, highlighting key concerns and policy recommendations on #agriculture, #taxation, & #CareEconomy toward advancing gender-responsive budgeting and economic justice.

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📍Happening Now: Public Forum on Gender Analysis of the 2026 National Budget

#paneldiscussion

The Government of Ghana (GOG) must place greater value on the care economy by investing in data generation.

#2026BudgetGH #GenderResponsiveBudgeting #TaxJustice

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📍Happening Now: Public Forum on Gender Analysis of the 2026 National Budget

The budget lacks clear gender-responsive and gender-disaggregated targets across key sectors, weakening transparency and accountability.

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📍Happening Now: Public Forum on Gender Analysis of the 2026 National Budget

Structural inequalities, especially clear in agriculture continue to shape women’s access to economic opportunities and resources.

#2026BudgetGH #GenderResponsiveBudgeting #TaxJustice

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📍Happening Now: Public Forum on Gender Analysis of the 2026 National Budget
#openingremarks

Consumption taxes like VAT hit low-income households hardest—where women are overrepresented—deepening inequality.
#2026BudgetGH #GenderResponsiveBudgeting

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Women continue to bear unequal impacts of unpaid care work, taxation, and public spending gaps.

Join the Public Forum on Gender Analysis of the 2026 National Budget
#2026BudgetGH #GenderResponsiveBudgeting #InclusiveDevelopment

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A valuable platform that provided important insights into unfair tax exemptions and illicit financial flows, while highlighting the need for revenue mobilization strategies that promote equity and do not deepen existing socioeconomic inequalities.

https://t.co/R6O8sBktNh

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The proposed protocol on taxing income from cross-border services in a digitalised world is important for ensuring fair and effective taxation-Zandile Ndebile @TaxJusticeAfric

#StopIFFs #NoToTaxLeakages

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📍LIVE: Workshop On International Tax Cooperation, Illicit Financial Flows, and Gender-Responsive Fiscal Policies

There is a need to shift toward economic presence as a more relevant basis for taxation-Zandile Ndebile @TaxJusticeAfric

#StopIFFs #NoToTaxLeakages

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Existing Double Taxation Agreements have significantly limited countries’ ability to tax traditional cross-border services -Zandile Ndebile @TaxJusticeAfric

#StopIFFs #NoToTaxLeakages

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"Your oversight, legislative authority, and political will are the armor we need to turn advocacy into binding policy. " #StopIFFs #NoToTaxLeakages #StrongerFiscalOversight

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📍LIVE: Workshop On International Tax Cooperation, Illicit Financial Flows & Gender-Responsive Fiscal Policies

"As lawmakers and regional champions, the APNIFFT caucus holds a unique and powerful lever for change. ""- Hon. John Kwame Gakpey,Chair-APNIFFT Caucus @TaxJusticeAfric

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"For too long, systemic loopholes, illicit financial flows, and regressive tax structures have disproportionately drained resources from developing nations & crucially, from women and marginalized communities."- Hon. John K. Gakpey, Chair of the APNIFFT Caucus @TaxJusticeAfric

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Why does fair allocation of taxing rights matter? Unequal allocation of taxing rights undermines tax justice by restricting the ability of developing countries to mobilise domestic resources. @Zandile Ndebile @TaxJusticeAfric

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“Effective participation by African countries in UN tax negotiations requires stronger parliamentary capacity to engage with technical issues and translate agreements into national action.”

#StopIFFs #NoToTaxLeakages #StrongerFiscalOversight

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📍LIVE: Opening remarks emphasize stronger parliamentary engagement on #IFFs and tax justice to advance accountability and inclusive development in Ghana.

“#IFFs are driven by weaknesses in regulatory and institutional frameworks.” #StopIFFs#NoToTaxLeakages

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“Indirect taxes, which constitute a significant portion of government revenue, tend to have regressive effects and disproportionately impact low-income earners, particularly women.”

#StopIFFs #NoToTaxLeakages #StrongerFiscalOversight

@TaxJusticeAfric @TriciaAkakpo