An Introduction to Gender Budgeting and the Experience of the UK Women’s Budget Group Swedish Ministry of Finance Stockholm, Sweden October 8, 2004 9-12pm.

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An Introduction to Gender Budgeting and the Experience of the UK Women’s Budget Group Swedish Ministry of Finance Stockholm, Sweden October 8, pm

UK Women’s Budget Group About the the WBG Working with Government

What is gender budgeting? Not a separate budget for women Analysing any form of public expenditure, or method of raising public money, from a gender perspective A tool for testing a government’s gender mainstreaming commitments

Why do gender budgeting? Policy affects women and men differently due to the existing pattern of gender inequalities Evaluate the impact on the unpaid economy as well as paid economy

Aims of gender budgeting To integrate a gender analysis into economic policy To promote greater accountability for government’s commitment to gender equality To change budgets and policies

Benefits of gender budgeting Reducing socio-economic gender inequalities Improving policy efficiency Internal benefits for governments

Policy areas covered: Public spending and revenue National budget Gender machinery of government

How to do gender budgeting Evolving concept and practice Auditing revenue and expenditure Toolkits Stages in the budget cycle Gender budget statements

UK Examples Case Study - New Deal for the Unemployed Flagship government scheme 57% to young unemployed; 23% long term unemployed; 8% to lone parents; 12% other N.D.s BUT N.D. Young People - 72% men and 28% women N.D. Long Term Unemployed - 84% men and 16% women N.D. for Lone 95% women

Transport Men are predominant users of private transport (e.g. cars) Women more reliant on public transport Women and men have different patterns of transport use

Gender analysis of the budget

Gender Analysis of Expenditure Project Pilot project to run for 6 months from Spring 2003 Joint HM Treasury, Women & Equality Unit leadership of project with WBG involvement

How did we do it? Pilot involving 2 government department’s: Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) A brief high-level gender- disaggregated expenditure analysis for each department A detailed gender disaggregated expenditure analysis for up to 2 specific programmes

Why did HM Treasury do it? Economic efficiency Service delivery Improved policy-making Customer focus Gender mainstreaming

Lessons Time Commitment Data Joint working with high level support Targets