”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

What is gender budgeting? It is a way of linking gender equality policy with macro economic policy

What is gender budgeting? It is based on the premise that budgets are not gender neutral

What is gender budgeting? It applies both to revenue and expenditure

What is gender budgeting? It begins with an analysis of the impact of the budget on women and men, and then aims to integrate gender into budget planning

What is gender budgeting? It is a way of doing gender mainstreaming

What is gender budgeting? It does not mean a separate budget for women

What is gender budgeting? It allows for better targeting and therefore more efficient allocation of public expenditure

What is gender budgeting? It calls for the participation of a broder range of stakeholders and thereby deepens the democratic process

What is gender budgeting? 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 Negotiations Preparing 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 Café Table 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?

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