4 March 2007 

As part of the preparations for International Women’s Day, the Afghan Ministry of Finance announced on March 4th 2007 the opening of its first Gender Budgeting Unit. The purpose of the Gender Budgeting Unit supported by GTZ is to ensure that the budget process is just and fair, and that resources are equally distributed to all citizens.

29 November  2006

UNIFEM, in collaboration with the Moroccan Ministry of Finance and Privatization, convened a meeting of the national partners engaged in the implementation of the gender budgets initiatives in Ecuador, Morocco, Mozambique and Senegal in Rabat (Morocco) November 27-29, 2006. The objective of the meeting was to identify key actions and required mid course corrections to achieve the anticipated program outcomes in each of the countries over the next two years of the project. The meeting also sought to enhance learning through exchange of country experiences and identify technical resources to be developed by the program to better support the partners’ work.

28 February 2007 

In prelude to the 2008 Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on Financing for Gender Equality, the Bureau of the CSW convened on February 28, 2007 at the UN Secretariat in New York an informal experts’ panel on “Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women”.

The panel was organized to review existing mechanisms and processes for financing gender equality and the empowerment of women at the national, regional and global levels, identify good practices and lessons learned, and highlight gaps and challenges requiring further attention.

When (begins) : 2006-06-18 11:00 (Ottawa) 2006-06-30 11:00 (Ottawa) -

The International Working Group On Gender, Macroeconomics And International Economics (GEM- IWG) presents: 'Knowledge Networking Program on Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics'

Hosted by the Department of Economics University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

4th International Intensive Course: June 18- 30, 2006

4th International Conference on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics: July 2-3, 2006