Gender Responsive Budgeting - Gender-responsive budget analysis in the Canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland (English version)

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"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."

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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.

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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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Gender-responsive budget analysis in the Canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland (English version)

What real impact does the income and expenditure of the State have on gender equality and how do changes in spending policy affect the distribution of paid and unpaid work? Are men and women equally affected or is there a difference? Only when the facts are known can adjustments be made in the budget and a policy devised that takes into account the needs of both sexes. The canton of Basel City has shown the way forward with a gender-sensitive analysis of its budget. some of the very interesting results of this study were presented as part of Switzerland’s contribution to the 52nd Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, which was devoted to the subject of “Financing for Gender Equality“. Other delegations and experts showed great interest in learning more about this analysis and the methodology involved.

Paper Published by: Equal Rights Office, Office of Statistics, and Women’s Council of the Canton of Basel-City. Original language: German Available from: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Publication contains three studies: A gender-disaggregated expenditure incidence analysis for the Canton of Basel-City; Spending by the Canton of Basel-City and unpaid work; Personnel expenditure and employment of women and men in the Administration of the Canton of Basel-City

Gender-responsive budget analysis in the Canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland