Diane Elson:
Lead Gender and Macroeconomics expert, author of numerous publications on gender and macroeconomics, gender budget analysis tools, costing and budgeting for women's rights. | General - UK (Women's Budget Group) | English |  |
Rhonda Sharp:
Lead GRB expert, author of numerous publications on GRB, gender and performance based budgeting. Rhonda has an extensive experience in advising governments and civil society on application of GRB. | Australia-Asia | English | |
Debbie Budlender:
Lead GRB expert, author of numerous publications on GRB especially on the practical application of GRB, unpaid care work, budgeting and women's rights. Debbie has an extensive experience in advising governments and civil society on application of GRB. | Africa, Latin America, Asia - South African Gender Budgeting work | English | |
Elizabeth Villagomez:
GRB expert, author of numerous articles and expert in budget analysis relating to gender-based violence and employment. Elizabeth also has a strong experience in advising civil society on the application of GRB. | Spain - Central and Eastern Europe | Spanish / English | |
Nathalie Hovloet:
GRB expert with several publications on GRB and related issues, integrating gender in PRSPs and developing and tracking gender responsive indicators. | Africa | English / French | |
Mary Rusimbi:
Development Practicioner, women's rights advocate and expert in gender analysis and GRB training. Her areas of expertise include HIV/Aids and PRSPs. Mary has worked in many African countries and authored several publications and training resources on gender. | Tanzania, East Africa, Mozambique | English | |
Julius Mukunda:
Director of Gender Budget Programme Forum On Women and Democracy in Uganda with expertise in the application of GRB at national and local level, GRB training and gender budget analysis. Julius is also a Member of the East Africa GRB Network. | Uganda - Tanzania | English | |
Fatou Sarr Sow:
Sociologist - Director of the Gender Laboratory at University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar (Senegal). Expert in gender analysis. | Senegal | French | |
Florence Raes:
Expert in supporting the formulation and implementation gender budget initiatives, policy advocacy and GRB training. | Morocco / Chile / Brazil / Algeria | English / French / Spanish / Portuguese | |
Nirmala Bannerjee:
Economist, author of numerous publications on GRB and expert in gender budget analysis of poverty alleviation programs and fiscal policies. | India | English | |
| Benita Sharma:Experienced GRB trainer with expertise in gender budget analysis, gender planning, research and advocacy. Co-author of the country study "Using Gender Budgeting Strategies for Aid Effectiveness Agenda" and Mapping of GRB initiatives in South Asia. | India, South East Asia | English | |
Florencia Dorotan:
Social activist. Programme Manager of the Women's Action Network for Development (WAND). Expert in the formualtion and implementation of GRB initiatives at the local Level GRB, Advocacy for GRB, Gender analysis and Governance. | Philippines | English | |
Lucia Pérez Fragoso:
Economist, Project Manager at Equidad de Género a leading organization on GRB in Mexico. Expert in training and advocacy for GRB work, Lucia also coordinates Gender and Economics course in the LAC region. | Mexico and Central America | Spanish | |
Virginia Vargas:
Sociologist, women's rights advocate and author. Expert in national and local level GRB in Latin America. Former UNIFEM Consultant in charge of the Women's Economic and Social Rights Programme, Evaluator of the Latin-American Gender Responsive Budget Programme and currently Political advisor for UNIFEM's Gender Responsive Budget Programme in Peru. | Latin America | Spanish / English | |
| Emilia Reyes:Gender and development expert at Equidad de Genero in Mexico, responsible for the GRB programme. Emilia has a strong experience in advising governments and institutions in gender mainstreaming and the design of gender equitable public policies in Mexico. | Mexico | Spanish | |
Malgorzata Tarasiewicz:
Director of the Network of East-West Women NEWW-Polska. NEWW-Polska is currently involved in a project "EU Gender Watch: A Comparative Analysis of EU Development Instruments from the Gender Perspective in: Georgia, Ukraine, Tajikistan". | CEE / CIS | Russian | |
Rafkat Hasanov:
Executive Director of the Association "Investment Round Table". Mr Hasanov has extensive finance and economics expertise and experience. Among other assignments, he has worked on costing of MDGs and NAP in Kyrgyzstan, and has worked in a team of experts on engendering the poverty reduction strategy. | CEE / CIS | Russian | |
Liudmila S. Rzhanitsyna:
Professor, specialist in social policy and gender. Ms. Rzhanitsyna has been involved in GRB work in Russia. She is the author of two books on gender budgeting. | Russia / CEE / CIS | Russia | |
Concepción Martinez:
Concepcion has worked for a long time in the NGO Equidad de Genero de Mexico and is currently the Director for the Department in charge of the Prevention and Eradication of Violence against women in the Government of Mexico City. She has a lot of experience training both civil servants and women's organizations on GRB. | Mexico / LAC | Spanish | |
Ada Mendez:
Experienced in supporting the application of GRB by the Parliament especially in El Salvador. Coordinator of a UNIFEM/UNDP Programme on Women's Economic Agenda. Author of several publications on GRB including "A way to incorporate gender in the national budget", "Capacity-building manual on National Budgets with Gender Equity" and "Critical analysis of the gender budgets’ experiences in the Central American Region". | El Salvador | Spanish | |
Amparo Armas:
Until recently she managed the Fiscal Policy with gender perspective project in the National Council of Ecuadorian Women (CONAMU, Ecuador's National Women Machinery). Currently a consultant for various UNIFEM GRB programmes in Latin America. Author of "The first steps of Ecuador in the process of incorporating gender in the General State Budget", UNIFEM, Quito-Ecuador, 2009. | Ecuador / LAC | Spanish | |
Carlos Sitão:
Economist with a strong experience in Government Planning and Budgeting at Central and local level; public finance management. Carlos is also an experienced GRB trainer and author of two manuals on GRB in National Planning Process. | Mozambique | Portuguese | |
Araujo Martinho:
Expert in government planning and budgeting at central and local level, public finance management, GRB training for government officials. | Mozambique | Portuguese / English | |
Soce Sene:
Public Finance Expert with strong experience in gender analysis, result based management, GRB training and workhop facilitation. | West Africa and Central Africa, Haiti | French | |
| Edda Collier:Independant Consultant, Researcher, Expert in Gender Analysis, Gender Planning and GRB training. | Southern Africa, Mozambique | Portuguese / English/French | |
Katrin Schneider:
Independant Consultant with extensive experience in gender responsive budgeting, gender and PRSP, and gender and pro-poor growth. Expert in GRB training and author of numerous training manuals on GRB. | Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Mpzambique) Pakistan, Afghanistan, Fiji and South Korea | English/ German/ French | |
Elizabeth Klatzer:
Researcher, Independant Consultant with extensive experience in GRB programming, training and M&E. Expert in Gender Budget Analysis, Gender and Aid Effectiveness, Public Finance Management, Performance Based Budgeting. | Austria, Germany, Macedonia, Iceland, Tajikistan | German/English/French/Spanish | |
Sheila Quinn:
Specialist in development and delivery of training programmes with expertise in sector gender analysis, gender budget analysis, developing gender sensitive targets and indicators. Author of Gender Budgeting: practical implementation handbook and co-Author of Budgeting for All: A manual for local gender budget initiatives. | Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Poland, Yemen, Ireland, Lithuania, Turkey, Syria, Korea | English | |
Jacinta Muteshi Independent Consultant, Researcher, Specialist GRB training, gender analysis, gender and aid effectiveness. Author of “Institutionalising Gender Responsive Budgets in Commonwealth: Lessons learnt and critical next steps”; “Gender responsive budgeting tools and gender mainstreaming strategies in Ethiopia”; “Mapping Aid Effectiveness and Gender Equality in Africa, Regional Issues and Trend”;“A Resource Manual: Promoting Gender Equality in New Aid Modalities for Africa”. Jacinta is currently working on “Guidelines for GRB in the Health Sector in Ethiopia”; and “Guidelines for the Agricultural and Rural Sector in Ethiopia” | Africa | English | |
Odette Kabaya Former Coordinator of Gender Responsive Programme in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning in Rwanda. Specialist in sector gender analysis, gender budget analysis, training of sector planning and budgeting officers, implementation of GRB programme within Government (mainstreaming gender in budget call circulars, developing gender budget statement), sensitization of CSO and Members of Parliament on GRB. | Africa | French, English | |
