Gender-Responsive Budgeting
Budgets can reinforce existing gender biases or they can bring more equality.
Gender-based budgets are tools to awaken governments to the reality that gender relations affect how much men, women, boys or girls benefit from, or are hurt by, budget decisions. Gender-based budget initiatives analyze the budget and its impact on women, men and family. They are a tool to get a fairer distribution of wealth for the poor and excluded, particularly women. Gender-based budget analysis is proving a useful lever to get increased budget allocations for education, health and social services. Based on gender analysis, gender-based budgets are in the forefront of research-driven gender advocacy. Gender budget activists are working to mainstream gender into the criteria used in budget formation.
If you wish to learn more about this important subject the Gender-Responsive Budget Initiatives (GRBI) is a great source of gender budget examples and comprehensive readings. GRBI is a collaboration between United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Commonwealth Secretariat, and IDRC. Visit them at www.gender-budgets.org.
The publication from OXFAM below is also of great value. By clicking the link you will get to tha page presenting the publication.
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2005 |
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How to Do a Gender-Sensitive Budget Analysis: Contemporary Research and Practice |
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