Gender Responsive Budgeting

1. Gender Responsive Budgeting For Training Course on “Gender Equitable development Projects” APMASS & WAP, AIT: Vietnam Karabi Baruah-Ph.D Gender, HIV & Development Specialist 27th June 2012 Danang, Vietnam

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3. Objective of the Session • Create a common understanding of the GRB approach • Articulate the relevance GRB as a tool for to promote gender equality

4. Session Outline • Key Concepts • What is Gender Responsive Budgeting • Rationale for Gender Budgeting • Applying GRB Analytical Framework

5. What is the impact of your country’s budget on the existing pattern of gender differences and inequalities?

6. Which box would you tick? • The budget leaves inequalities between men and women, boys and girls unchanged or is ‘gender neutral’. • The budget reduces gender inequalities . • The budget increases gender inequalities. • I have no idea.

7. What is Gender Responsive Budget? • A gender responsivebudget ensures that the needs and interests of individuals from different social groups (sex, age, race, ethnicity, location) are addressed in expenditure and revenue policies

8. Cont’… Source: Rhonda Sharp (2006b)

9. GRB is “revolutionary” mukundajulius@yahoo.co.uk

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11. A Note: • The terms: • Gender responsive budgets • Gender budget initiatives • Gender sensitive budgets • Gender budgets • Women’s budget Are Used interchangeably – all mean the same thing

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14. GENDER RESPONSIVE BUDGETING… • Recognizes the ways in which women contribute to the society and economy with their unpaid labor in the productive sector and in bearing, rearing and caring for the people in the country. • Acknowledges the intersection between budget policies and women’s well being.

15. Example: The care Economy Private sector commodity economy: market-oriented goods and services - profit motive Public service economy: social and physical infrastructure – both market-oriented (paid employees, taxes, user charges) and non-market (some free services) Care economy: family and community-oriented goods and services – unpaid

16. Rationale for Gender Responsive Budgeting

17. WHY - GENDER BUDGETS By monitoring outcomes, outputs, activities and inputs of budgets the following can be achieved: • Improved accountability towards GE and equity & HR • Improved efficiency & effectiveness • Improved transparency and reduced corruption& good governance • Informed participation,

18. THE CORE GOALS OF GBIs mukundajulius@yahoo.co.uk

19. General Objectives of GRBs mukundajulius@yahoo.co.uk

20. How can we start gender budget analysis?

21. Applying analytical Frame works

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23. The three-way categorization mukundajulius@yahoo.co.uk

24. The five-step approach mukundajulius@yahoo.co.uk

25. Elson’s Six Tools • Gender-aware policy appraisal • Gender-disaggregated Public Expenditure Incidence Analysis • Gender-disaggregated Beneficiary Needs assessment • Gender-disaggregated analysis of the impact of budgets on time use • Gender-aware medium term economic policy framework • Gender-aware budget statement These are not the only tools. You can create new ones!

26. Budget cycle framework (Elson) Nathalie Holvoet

27. KEY CHALLENGES:

28. Is this GRB!!!!!! • GRB is an effective methond for measuring government gender commeitements and can als mukundajulius@yahoo.co.uk