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UNIFEM's work in support of gender responsive budgeting

Budget Support: As good as the strategy it finances

Gender and Participatory Budgeting- DFID

Application of the gender policy marker by German Bilateral Development Agencies

Morocco Gender Report 2008

How do DAC statistics measure gender equality focused aid?

Gender Budgeting Guidelines and Analytical Tools at local level in Uganda

Genre et décentralisation au Sénégal

Rapport du Séminaire sur la prise en compte du genre dans le travail parlementaire- Burundi 2008

Gender Budgets: an overview- Canada

WHAT IS GRB?

"Gender responsive budgeting (GRB) is about ensuring that government budgets and the policies and programs that underlie them address the needs and interests of individuals that belong to different social groups. Thus, GRB looks at biases that can arise because a person is male or female, but at the same time considers disadvantage suffered as a result of ethnicity, caste, class or poverty status, location and age. GRB is not about separate budgets for women or men nor about budgets divided equally. It is about determining where the needs of men and women are the same, and where they differ. Where the needs are different, allocations should be different."

Debbie Budlender 2006

Gender Responsive Budget Initiatives Brochure

NEW! GRB VIDEOS

MOROCCO

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.

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BOLIVIA

In Cochabamba, Bolivia, UNIFEM has made significant strides in teaching local women how to seek local government funding for projects that can benefit them. UNIFEM developed and sponsored local workshops in which women were educated on the city budget: where government money comes from, how it is distributed, and what strategies to use in applying for government funds. The workshops helped the women envision a new potential for what they can do for themselves, and helped them better understand what kinds of demands they can make on their own government.

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INDIA

Incorporating a gender perspective in government budgets can ensure that resources are allocated towards women's priorities to eliminate gender gaps. This can be achieved through women's participation in budget policymaking and gender budget analysis. This video presents show how this is working in practice in a GRB initiative supported by UNIFEM in Mysore, India.

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Key Resources

Gender Budgets Makes Cents: Understanding Gender Responsive Budgets

TITLE: Gender Budgets Makes Cents: Understanding Gender Responsive Budgets
AUTHOR: Debbie Budlender, Diane Elson, Guy Hewitt and Tanni Mukhopadhgay
DATE: 2002

This 2002 Commonwealth Secretariat publication, by Debbie Budlender, Diane Elson, Guy Hewitt and Tanni Mukhopadhgay, provides a conceptual framework for work on gender responsive budgets, traces the evoluation of work in this area and provides information on country initiatives. This is a crucial resource for researchers, policy-makers and practitioners. Hard Copies are available from the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Gender Budgets Makes Cents: Understanding Gender Responsive Budgets

Gender Budgets: What’s in it for NGOs?

TITLE: Gender Budgets: What’s in it for NGOs?
AUTHOR: Debbie Budlender
DATE: 2003

The following article by Debbie Budlender (2003) examines gender budgets and makes a case for the involvement of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in gender budget work.

Gender Budgets: What's in it for NGOs?

Gender Equity Concerns in Public Expenditure

TITLE: Gender Equity Concerns in Public Expenditure
AUTHOR: Simel Esim
DATE: 1996

This paper by Simel Esim (1996) brings forth a review of methodologies used for public expenditure analysis with poverty and gender concerns. The paper also summarizes the results of studies looking into social sector allocations using public expenditure incidence in Ghana, Ivory Coast and South Africa.

Gender Equity Concerns in Public Expenditure

Gender Impacts of Government Revenue Collection: The Case of Taxation

TITLE: Gender Impacts of Government Revenue Collection: The Case of Taxation
AUTHOR: Kathleen Barnett and Caren Grown
DATE: 2004

The following is a paper on gender and tax by Kathleen Barnett and Caren Grown (2004). The Commonwealth Secretariat commissioned this paper to focus on the gender dimensions of revenues raised through taxation and user charges. The authors review the literature on the gender dimensions of taxation and implications for tax policy in developing countries. The purpose of the paper is to provide information to assist in the analysis of potential gender bias in tax systems and the design of gender-sensitive revenue measures.

Gender Impacts of Government Revenue Collection: The Case of Taxation

Gender Responsive Budget Initiatives Brochure

TITLE: Gender Responsive Budget Initiatives Brochure
AUTHOR: UNIFEM
DATE: 2001

This brochure briefly details the objectives and vision behind gender responsive budgets. Examples of implementation tools such as gender aware policy appraisal and gender-disaggregated public expenditure incidence analysis are also illustrated. The brochure further highlights pioneering initiatives in various countries, using diverse approaches.

Gender Responsive Budget Initiatives Brochure