African Tax Administration Forum supports #EmbraceEquity on International Women’s Day

The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) is helping tax authorities across the continent #EmbraceEquity with a series of programmes designed to encourage gender-sensitive tax policies. “Gender equality and empowerment is a priority for ATAF – both in our operations and in the organisation. This is evidenced by ATAF’s Women in Tax Network (AWITN) which continues …

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Are Tax Policies Developed to Reduce Gender Inequality in ATAF Member Countries?

New study by ATAF tackles gender inequality in Africa’s tax sector PRETORIA – Gender equality is equality between men and women in relation to economic and social factors under law, opportunity, and voice. It encompasses fairness, the same access to information services, resources, benefits, and the ability to influence and contribute to policy making. The persistence …

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ATAF Women In Tax Network Vice President Chenai Mukumba on tax, career & life lessons

PRETORIA – Sitting in a hotel room in Kenya, Nairobi, ATAF Women In Tax Network (AWITN)’s Vice President, Chenai Mukumba wholeheartedly talks to us about representation in the tax industry, her career and lessons she’s learning along the way. The AWITN is an association which encourages the participation of African women working in taxation in government, private sector, civil …

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L’OTR lance le réseau des femmes travaillant dans la fiscalité

L’Office Togolais des Recettes a lancé ce mercredi 08 décembre 2021, la sensibilisation sur le réseau des femmes travaillant dans le secteur de la fiscalité. Le réseau des femmes du secteur de la fiscalité (RFSF) est une innovation de l’African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF).  Il est né du constat de la faible représentativité du genre …

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Dr Amélia Muendane: AWITN allows women to gain greater emancipation

PRETORIA – With a degree in Economics, a Masters in Business Administration, and a PhD in International Strategic Studies – Dr Amélia Muendane – the President of the Mozambique Revenue Authority and Chairperson of the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) Women in Tax Network (ATAF), recently opened up about her leadership journey. 1. Tell us …

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‘Us Women’, an ODE to African women

PRETORIA – As the year 2021 draws to an end, the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be felt. However, 2021 wasn’t all doom and gloom for African women in tax… The United Nations tax committee appointed three African women as part of the 25 experts for the new leadership and the African …

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Nana Akua Mensah

Nana Akua Mensah champions gender equality for African women in new UN Tax Committee role

PRETORIA – Nana Akua Mensah, Tax Policy Advisor from the Ghana Revenue Authority, said her new role at the United Nations (UN) Tax Committee means it will give voice to the perspective of African women on tax and its implications on gender. The UN tax committee has a new leadership team of 25 experts from …

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Womens Day 2021

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY’S NATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY MESSAGE

n a continuous recognition and acknowledgement of women’s contribution to the liberation of South Africa, we celebrate Women’s Day on 9th August each year. We pay tribute to the more than 20,000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to protest the extension of pass laws to women. Every year, in …

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