As structural feminists guided by the analysis of our global Majority partners and allies, we know that nothing less than a systemic overhaul of global economic and financial governance is required to enable care for people and planet.
We went to DC, together with our friends at MENAFem Movement for Economic Development and Ecological Justice and our incredible consultant Arimbi Wahono from Shared Planet, to build constituency and community with, and to learn from, feminists following the Bretton Woods Institutions (BWIs) processes. In the lead-up to the Fourth Conference on Financing for Development, we also sought to understand the links between these ongoing policy processes and ways to advance a coherent, collective agenda for economic, gender and climate justice.
Some highlights:
Financing Care Economies through Progressive Taxation: Role of IMF driven austerity
We contributed to several events held within the IMF as part of the Civil Society Policy Forum. On October 23, in a session convened by the Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC) and others, Arimbi presented our brief on a feminist, decolonial, progressive and ecologically just approach to taxation (co-authored by FTC, Center for Economic and Social Rights, Shared Planet and WEDO).
Watch Arimbi’s brilliant presentation of the paper, starting at the 4-minute mark.
Read the paper "Rights-based tax justice: A framework for a progressive, feminist,
ecologically just, and decolonial approach to taxation" (Feb 2025).