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GRB Alert - 11 July 2012
Please find out about recent News and Announcements as well as latest postings on the GRB website in our GRB Alert - 11 July 2012.
Indian Budget 2012-13: A mixed bag for women
NEW DELHI, 19 March 2012 - UN Women in South Asia and the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability of India organized a panel discussion entitled “Union Budget 2012-13: What Does it Mean for Women?” with eminent panelists who highlighted critical gen
“How gender-responsive is the budget” in Rwanda?
This article published in The New Times (Rwanda newspaper) analyzes to what extent Rwanda’s 2012-2013 budget is gender-sensitive. It describes how Rwanda’s Gender Monitoring Office (GMO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, set up guidelines to
Call for papers: Addressing inequalities in the post-2015 development agenda
DEADLINE: July 20, 2012 - UNICEF and UN WOMEN are co-leading the UN’s global thematic consultation process on addressing inequalities in the post-2015 development agenda. To help frame the debate, individuals, academics and organizational partners are b
Indian Government working on uniform guidelines for gender budgeting and audit
INDIA, June 7 2012 - This article, published in Business Standard, describes how the Ministry of Women and Child Development of India is working towards developing uniform guidelines for gender budgeting and audit of all policies and programmes. Click
Costing of the national gender action plan in the Seychelles
SEYCHELLES, April 2012 - The Southern Africa Gender Protocol Alliance, established in 2005, consists of national networks of gender NGOs and country theme clusters that campaigned for the adoption, and now the implementation, of the Southern African
Enhancing parliament’s capacity in gender analysis in Uganda
UGANDA, March 2012 - The Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) in partnership with the Office of the Speaker of Parliament, Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA), created and supported a task force in parliament to lead gender budget advocacy
“Let’s strive for gender responsive budgeting” in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE, January 9 2012 - This article, published in The Herald Online, provides a gender analysis of Zimbabwe's 2012 Budget looking at two specific Ministries: the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development and the Ministry of Youth Development, Indigenisation
GRB Alert - 08 June 2012
June 8, 2012. Download the "GRB alert" to find out about recent News and Announcements as well as latest postings on the GRB website.
ITC-ILO is launching a new course on Gender Equality for development effectiveness
The course will take place in TURIN, September 3-7, 2012.
Deadline to apply: July 9, 2012
This practical workshop is designed to meet the needs of those who are responsible for designing and implementing development policies and programmes, and wish