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Making the case for gender analysis The view from the Treasury

Making the case for gender analysis The view from the Treasury. Ann Taggart Tuesday 8 July 2003. Overview. Background to gender analysis project HMT/WEU leadership of project How is it working in practice?. Gender Analysis Project (GAP). Pilot involving small number of departments

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Making the case for gender analysis The view from the Treasury

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  1. Making the case for gender analysisThe view from the Treasury • Ann Taggart • Tuesday 8 July 2003

  2. Overview • Background to gender analysis project • HMT/WEU leadership of project • How is it working in practice?

  3. Gender Analysis Project (GAP) • Pilot involving small number of departments • Gender analysis of expenditure on two programmes per department • Six month timescale

  4. Why are we doing it? • Why do gender analysis of expenditure pilots? • Economic efficiency • Service delivery • Customer focus • Gender mainstreaming

  5. Other Treasury gender work • Tax policy advice • Equality a cross-cutting theme in spending reviews • New gender equality PSA target • External organisations

  6. Project objectives • Test gender analysis tools across range of programmes • Identify value added from gender analysis • Examine capacity of departments to do gender analysis • Contribute to broader gender equality objectives

  7. How are we doing it? • Supported by Chief Secretary to Treasury and DTI Secretary of State • Launched in joint letter to pilot departments • HMT project management • Women’s Budget Group secondee • Technical Advisors • Guidance for departments

  8. What will we do with the outcomes? • Advice to Chief Secretary and DTI Secretary of State • Lessons for wider use of gender analysis • Implications for public expenditure processes

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