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GENDER BUDGETS

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

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GENDER BUDGETS

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  1. GENDER BUDGETS Adele BaumgardtChair of Gender Budget Group Wales Helen Buhaenko Oxfam/Gender Budget Group for Wales

  2. 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’

  3. Capacity Building • Information event for wider membership • Identify Pilots/partners

  4. 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 Drivers and Barriers

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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Tourism • Transport • Rural development • Poverty and social inclusion

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

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

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

  12. 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;

  13. 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.

  14. 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

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

  16. 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?

  17. 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?

  18. 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

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