Ghana news briefing
Women must support CSOs to advocate gender responsiveness into tobacco control policies
Dr Divine Darlington Logo of the Research and Development Division of the Ghana Health Service who presented a research on Tobacco Excise Tax, said gender-responsive fiscal policy does not mean different tax rate by sex.
He urged stakeholders to track who benefitted and who bore cost – by sex, age, income, product and region, pointing out that tobacco excise tax is not only a finance policy – it is a prevention, public-health and equity policy, and a gender-responsive approach could contribute to Sustainable Development Goal five (SDG 5).
They made the call at a stakeholder dialogue meeting on Mainstreaming Gender Responsiveness into Ghana’s Tobacco Fiscal Policies, organised by the Vision for Accelerated Sustainable Development (VAST Ghana) in Accra, supported by Tax Justice Network Africa.
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