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A Note Prepared By Singamma Sreenivasan Foundation, Bangalore
Following a commitment by the Finance Minister of Karnataka to create a separate cell in the Finance Department tasked with identifying the quantum and resource allocation and expenditure for women, the first ever Gender Budget document was presented in the year 2007-08 at the Legislature with a hope to improve the sensitivity to address the issues which concerns women.
Gender Budget Initiatives of Government of Karnataka
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This paper by Aasha Kapur Mehta, Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Public Administration calls for a reprioritization of the funds that are available to combat HIV/Aids to better target positive persons. It argues that Gender Budgeting could support such efforts and provides guidance on how to prepare a Gender Budget that meets the health needs of women affected and infected with HIV.
The paper is based on research conducted for the National Commission for Women on: ‘The Budget: A Gender and Poverty Sensitive Perspective’, New Delhi, 2003; a UNIFEM-IIPA study entitled ‘The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Women Care Givers in Situations of Poverty: Policy Issues’, Aasha Kapur Mehta and Sreoshi Gupta, UNIFEM and IIPA, New Delhi, 2006; Ongoing research on chronic poverty; and two workshops conducted by MWCD, IFES and IIPA on Gender Budgeting for Gender Budgeting Cells of the Ministries of the Government of India in October 2006 and January, 2007
Gender Budgeting by Aasha Kapur Mehta, India
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TITLE: Gender Budgeting in India
AUTHOR: Ashok Lahiri, Lekha S Chakraborty, P N Bhattacharyya
DATE: 2003
This presentation is on a macro study on gender budgeting in India. The study was commissioned by UNIFEM South Asia and undertaken by the National Institute for Public Finance.
Gender Budgeting in India
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Paper presented by Vibhuti Patel* at a National workshop on ‘Gender Budgeting –An Effective Tool for Achieving Women’s Empowerment’ organised on 15-4-2007 by Equity Foundation, Patna and Supported by Planning Commission of India, Delhi
*Prof. & HOD, University Department of Economics, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, India.
Gender Budgeting in India by Dr. Vibhuti Patel
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Authors: SUBRAT DAS, YAMINI MISHRA
Economic and Political Weekly July 29, 2006
The gender budgeting statement presented in the union budget for 2006-07 covers a significant number of ministries/departments and is hence a welcome step. However, many of the figures given in the statement reflect highly questionable assumptions, which on the one hand are unjustifiable and on the other quite patriarchal.
The point being made in this article is that this gender budgeting exercise is based on numerous assumptions relating to the proportion of allocations under a scheme that directly benefits women. Several of these assumptions seem unrealistic and such unacceptable assumptions weaken the relevance of this particular gender budgeting exercise.
Gender Budgeting Statement (in India) Misleading and Patriarchal Assumptions
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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.
