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PERIOD POVERTY
The “tampon tax” illustrates how deeply gendered legal structures such as the “neutral” tax system actually are.
Dr. Magdalena Sepúlveda is the Executive Director of the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. She is also a member of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT) and the United Nations (UN) High Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda. Previously, she was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights.