Gender-responsive budget analysis provides a way to hold governments accountable for their commitments to gender equality and women's human rights — by linking these commitments to the distribution, use and generation of public resources. It identifies the implications of budgets for women and girls as compared to men and boys and forms the basis for reordering the budget process and priorities to support women's empowerment and gender equality.
Gender-Responsive Budget Initiatives. This online resource centre aims to facilitate the exchange of information between academics, practitioners, researchers, and activists working on gender budget initiatives. It features new and current articles, research papers, training tools and kits, and links to other quality websites on gender and budgets. visit the portal
Presupuestos Públicos y Género en América Latina y el Caribe. This portal provides information and documentation on gender-responsive budgeting in Latin America and the Caribbean. It collects data on projects and experts in the region, offers summaries of the most common gender budget analysis methodologies, and includes a comprehensive bibliography of Spanish-language documents on the subject. visit the portal
If you want to see which way a country is headed, look at the country's budget and how it allocates resources for women and children.
—Pregs Govender, Member of Parliament, South Africa
This quarterly newsletter seeks to encourage knowledge sharing from gender budget initiatives around the world, share news on progress made in incorporating a gender perspective into budgeting, and inform practitioners of new resources and publications on gender-responsive budgeting (GRB). Each issue sheds light on the efforts of specific actors in relation to GRB, demonstrates the application of GRB in a particular area, and highlights a specific country or regional programme supported by UNIFEM or other agencies. read more
This resource pack provides relevant knowledge to facilitate mainstreaming gender-responsive approaches into reproductive health programmes, and the inclusion of specific aspects of gender inequality and disadvantage into national policy frameworks. It focuses primarily on health, particularly reproductive health; on HIV/AIDS; and on violence against women as it relates to health services. read more