GENDER BUDGETS Adele Baumgardt Chair of Gender Budget Group Wales Helen Buhaenko Oxfam/Gender Budget Group for Wales

How we took it forward Interested parties meeting Consulted on others experience (WBG, Scotland) Established Terms of Reference Action Plan – starting with wider information meeting with ‘all Wales’

Capacity Building Information event for wider membership Identify Pilots/partners

Drivers and Barriers Drivers Enthusiasm/interest Support/expertise Pilots National Assembly Size of Wales Communities 1st/poverty/inclusion Barriers Time/money Lack of experience Size National Assembly Lack of knowledge Cross Committee interests

The Way Forward Consultant Pilots: Sport Segregation Education Objective funding National Assembly lobbying Publicity/promotion

Gender Audit with Sports Council Wales Why Sport? Sports Council is an identified partner There is an imperative within sport to address the gender imbalance in participation Manageability of project Need to be inspiration for future projects Specific Wales context and interest

Why Sport? Key differences already identified: Resources including time, money and information Different rates and patterns of participation Safety and security Preferences Link with Urban Development

Tourism Transport Rural development Poverty and social inclusion

Barriers to participation From previous experience and data we know some of the barriers to participation. These include: Time Money Facilities Access

Reasons for barriers Representation in decision making Coaching Role modelling Profile (media) Culture and tradition

Approach Convince partner of all previous slides Action plan – agreeing TOR and assigning tasks with time scales Evaluate process Publish and publicise

Aims  To provide statistical /data analysis of usage by gender of two leisure centres in Swansea and two in Gwynedd;  To provide a statistical breakdown of income and expenditure by gender at these sites;  To assess the impact of leisure centre income and expenditure on men/women, girls/boys;

Aims  Identify any areas of inequality in expenditure or of uneven impact on men/women, girls/boys;  Make recommendations regarding relevant policies, practices and provision to redress any inequalities.

Action Planning Establish common understanding of approach Establish effective and ongoing evaluation process at earliest stage Data collection Analyse gaps and barriers Produce data analysis

Action Plan contd. Report – to whom? Format? Action plan projects and strategies to address Evaluate Publicise Networking

Throughout: Ask: Does the project meet women’s and men’s needs, does it help to transform gender divisions? Does the project enhance/improve participation? Does it increase awareness?

For effective implementation Ask Are we involving men and women in the needs assessment? Is there gender expertise? Are women in the planning, management and evaluation stages?

Principles In summary: All principles can be applied to any gender audit process Effective analysis will challenge and ask tough questions – particularly when money is involved Find common objectives