”Gender inequality is unjust, unintelligent and expensive”

Gender equality is smart economics

Gender budgeting is an application of gender mainstreaming in the budgetary process

Incorporating a gender perspective at all levels of the budgetary process

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What is gender budgeting?

It is a way of linking gender equality policy with macro

economic policy


It is based on the premise that budgets are not

gender neutral


It applies both to revenue and expenditure


It begins with an analysis of the impact of the budget on women and men, and then aims to integrate gender

into budget planning


It is a way of doing gender mainstreaming


It does not mean a separate budget for women


It allows for better targeting and therefore more efficient

allocation of public expenditure


It calls for the participation of a broder range of

stakeholders and thereby deepens the democratic

process


Its ultimate goal is that gender

is mainstreamed

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

Sept

October

Nov

Dec

Operational and financial planning and budget cycle

NegotiationsPreparing spending

limits

Government discussion & decision

on spending limits

Budget preparations of the Ministries

Budget proposal prepared by the

Ministry of

Finance (MoF)

Parliamentary handling and

approval of the Budget

Preparing and drafting

operating and financial plans of the Ministeries

and the agencies

Operating and financial submission

to the MoF

Negotiations

Government budget session

Budget proposal submitted to the

Parliament

Budget proposal of Min.

Role of civil society• articulating the rationale for gender budgeting• demonstration of the analytic tools• public education initiatives• lobbying• conducting costing exercises• training and consultative services to public

administrators• producing tools and handbooks• drafting shadow reports and other monitoring

activities.

Examples

• Does an employment activity create more employment for men or women, or equally?

• Does state activity benefit males more than females or vice versa or do both benefit equally?

• Do measures to cut state spending result in more women engaging in unpaid labour?

Data/information required• Sex-disaggregated data

• Output and impact objectives and indicators

• Dialogue between government officials and civil society

• The Capability Approach• Gender-Disaggregated Beneficiary Assessment of

Public Service Delivery and Budget Priorities.• Gender-Disaggregated Public Expenditure Incidence• Analysis.• Gender-Aware Policy Appraisal.• Gender-Aware Budget Statement.• Gender-Disaggregated Analysis of the Budget on

Time Use.• Gender Aware Medium Term Economic Policy

Framework.• Gender-Disaggregated Public Revenue Incidence

Analysis.• The network approach• Gender budget pilot initiatives• GenderAlp

World CaféTable 1: What is a government budget? How does it relate to gender?Table 2: What are the roles and function of a budget? When can you “see” the impact of a national budget?Table 3: What do you need to do gender budgeting? What are the benefits of gender budgeting?

Thank you

Tack

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”Gender inequality is unjust, unintelligent and expensive”

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