Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Integrating gender-responsive budgeting into the aid effectiveness agenda : ten-country overview report

Budlender, Debbie | 2008
  • Author(s): Budlender, Debbie
  • Publisher: United nations development fund for women (UNIFEM)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: gender mainstreaming, budgeting, government budgeting, mozambique, morocco, india, uganda, tanzania, rwanda, nepal, cameroon, peru, ethiopia
A study carried out in Mozambique, Morocco, India, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nepal, Cameroon, Peru and Ethiopia on the use of gender responsive budgeting tools & strategies in the context of currently used aid modalities-specifically general budget support and sector budget support is reported.

Engendering budgets : a practitioners' guide to understanding and implementing gender-responsive budgets

Budlender, Debbie and Hewitt, Guy | cop. 2003
  • Author(s): Budlender, Debbie and Hewitt, Guy
  • Publisher: Commonwealth secretariat
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: gender, budgeting, manuals
This guide aims to help practitioners design and implement gender-responsive budgets.

Gender budgets make more cents : country studies and good practice

Budlender, Debbie and Hewitt, Guy | cop. 2002
  • Author(s): Budlender, Debbie and Hewitt, Guy
  • Publisher: Commonwealth secretariat
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: gender, budgeting, australia, south korea, mexico, philippines, rwanda, south africa, united kingdom
This book documents ‘good practice’ in gender budget work. It provides easy access to information and analysis on the why, where and how of gender-responsive budgets drawing on studies from the Andean region, Australia, Korea, Mexico, the Philippines, Rwanda, Scotland, South Africa, and the UK.

Gender-responsive budgeting through the CBMS lens : implementing the community-based monitoring system in a way that facilitates gender-responsive budgeting

Budlender, Debbie and Reyes, Celia and Melesse, Martha | 2005
  • Author(s): Budlender, Debbie and Reyes, Celia and Melesse, Martha
  • Publisher: International development research centre (IDRC)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: gender, budgeting, local government, civil society
This paper suggests how the Community-Based Monitoring System, developed and implemented in 14 countries over the last ten years with financial support from the IDRC, can be used to support local-level gender-responsive budget initiatives of civil society and local government.

Women, politics and democratic prospects in Latin America

Buvinic, Mayra and Roza, Vivian | 2004
  • Author(s): Buvinic, Mayra and Roza, Vivian
  • Publisher: Inter-American development bank (IADB). Women in development unit
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, political participation, political representation, latin america
Using recent evidence and a public opinion poll, the increase in women's political participation in Latin America, implications for democracy, and prospects for further growth and impact of women’s political participation in the region are looked at.
 

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