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ICFAI University May 16, 2006
The most famous way to bridge the gender gap is through Gender Budget Initiatives. First step towards this was taken by Australia, South Africa and Philippines followed by other developed and less developed countries. India has also taken initiative from its Eighth Plan onwards. This paper is a modest attempt to measure the effectiveness of Gender Budgeting as a tool for women empowerment.
Impact of Gender Budgeting on Women Empowerment
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Background paper prepared for the Commonwealth Secretariat by Khabele Matlosa, Research Director, Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA) Johannesburg, South Africa. May 2007
This paper inquires into the challenges for financing gender equality with a view to achieving meaningful democracy, sustainable socio-economic development and durable peace. It should be noted from the outset that achieving democracy, development and peace, and in the process ensuring gender equality, requires resources.
Investing in Gender Equality: Promoting Democracy, Peace and Development in the Commonwealth.
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Prepared by Raman Sohal Research Officer, International Development Research Centre, June 2005
The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the existing and potential approaches and tools for identifying gender gaps at the local level. The paper is informed by feedback of participants who attended the “International Meeting on ‘Local Level Gender Budgeting,” that was convened by the United Nations Funds for Women’s Development (UNIFEM), the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)) in Delhi in 2004.
The paper seeks to identify tools that could be used by civil society organizations to allow them to assess the gender-sensitivity of budget allocations and implementation at the local level. The paper outlines some of the relevant approaches and tools currently used for national level gender budget analysis, most of which can also be used for local level gender budget analysis. The paper discusses some of these tools in detail specifically benefit incidence analysis, time use and cost benefit analysis. In addition, the paper describes tools that are not currently used for gender budget analysis, but offer potential for informing research and analysis of budgets at the local level.
Local Level GRB: Tools for Gendered Research and Analysis
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Background paper prepared for the Commonwealth Secretariat by Ramesh S Arunachalam, Independent Consultant, Chennai, India Commonwealth Secretariat, May 2007
Microfinance and Innovative Financing for Gender Equality: Approaches, Challenges and Strategies
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Gender-responsive budgeting is a crucial tool for women’s empowerment. In Morocco, UNIFEM has worked with the government to create a more tailored approach in which budgeting can have a more effective and immediate impact. As this documentary illustrates, when the needs of women living in a particular geographical and cultural context are addressed, the entire community benefits. In the past four years, the Finance Ministry of Morocco has made substantial progress in developing both gender-responsive and results-oriented budgetary reform.
