As the IMF celebrates the rise of VAT, women and those least able to pay are left behind in worsening inequality crisis.

As the IMF celebrates the rise of VAT, women and those least able to pay are left behind in worsening inequality crisis.
As the inability of Bank and Fund to adapt their policies in response to the Covid-19 pandemic becomes more evident, hope turns to the UN system and a radical restructure of the global international financial architecture.
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum Session on 2 October.
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum session on 1 October.
25 years after Beijing Declaration, austerity and privatisation still modus operandi of Bretton Woods Institutions at the cost of women's rights.
Concerns raised about IMF conditions pushing women back into poverty and informal work.
Over 60 civil society organisations call on the IMF to focus on the harmful impacts of its own policy advice on women's rights and gender equality.
New IMF working paper establishes macro-criticality of unpaid care work but remains blind to Fund’s negative policy impacts on women and girls.
New IMF gender guidance opportunity for civil society to keep its staff to account.
Notes from the Civil Society Policy Forum panel event on 16 October on women's economic inequality and macroeconomic policy.