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Youth for Tax Justice Network

A Pan-African network of young leaders advancing economic justice through public finance reform. We champion youth-led policy advocacy and research to ensure fiscal systems serve all Africans, now and in the future.

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Policy Focus Areas

Comprehensive policy advocacy across critical fiscal governance domains

Our Policy Focus Areas

YTJN engages across multiple critical domains of fiscal governance, advocating for policies that advance economic justice, transparency, and youth inclusion.

Financing for Development (FfD)

Advancing equitable, sustainable, and youth-responsive financing models that strengthen domestic resource mobilization and support inclusive development outcomes.

UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation

Advocating for a fair, inclusive, and democratic global tax system under the UN that centers the interests of developing countries and meaningful youth participation.

Domestic Resource Mobilization and Progressive Taxation

Promoting fair, efficient, and progressive tax systems that reduce inequality, protect vulnerable groups, and sustainably finance public services.

Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) and Corporate Tax Accountability

Combating tax evasion, profit shifting, and other illicit financial practices that drain public resources from African economies.

Beneficial Ownership Transparency

Championing transparency in corporate ownership to curb corruption, tax abuse, and illicit financial flows.

Reform of the International Financial Architecture

Advocating for systemic reforms to global financial institutions, debt mechanisms, and fiscal rules to enable development-oriented and people-centered financing.

Debt Justice and Sovereign Debt Reform

Supporting fair debt restructuring, debt cancellation, and responsible lending and borrowing to protect public spending and intergenerational equity.

Climate Finance and Natural Resource Governance

Promoting just climate finance mechanisms and accountable management of natural resources to ensure sustainability, equity, and fair benefit-sharing.

African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)

Engaging youth in shaping tax, trade, and fiscal policies linked to AfCFTA to support inclusive growth, regional integration, and decent work.

Asset Recovery and Reparative Justice

Advancing efforts to recover stolen public assets and promote reparative justice for historical and ongoing economic injustices affecting the Global South.

Public Finance Transparency and Accountability

Strengthening open budgets, fiscal transparency, and citizen oversight to improve accountability and democratic governance.

Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Fiscal Policies

Promoting intersectional and gender-responsive fiscal policies that address structural inequalities affecting youth and marginalized communities.

Youth Participation in Fiscal and Economic Governance

Advancing meaningful youth inclusion in tax, budgetary, trade, and macroeconomic decision-making at national, regional, and global levels.

Civic Space, Human Rights and Economic Justice

Defending civic freedoms and human rights as foundational to effective tax justice and economic governance advocacy.

Capacity Building and Fiscal Literacy for Youth

Empowering young people with knowledge, skills, and platforms to engage in tax justice, public finance, and economic policy advocacy.

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