Background Brief - January 2002: Gender Analysis of Budgets /
ICRW/UNIFEM.

* Antecedentes Conceptuales (Enero 2002): Análisis de Presupuestos desde la
Perspectiva del Género / ICRW/UNIFEM. Ver antecedente en:
http://www.unifem.undp.org/ee/Gender%20Budget%
20BackgroundBrief.Msthd.011402.doc. Ver también: "Iniciativas de
presupuestos para América Latina y el Caribe con enfoque de genero: Una
herramienta para mejorar la fiscalización y lograr la implementación
efectiva
de políticas" por Simel Esim (ICRW) [email protected], en:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/organizations/healthnet/_Spanish/gender/docs...
m.
html

* Rapport (janvier 2002) : « Analyse de budgets sensibles au genre » /
ICRW/UNIFEM. Voir document au :
http://www.unifem.undp.org/ee/Gender%20Budget%
20BackgroundBrief.Msthd.011402.doc.

Gender Analysis of Budgets ICRW/UNIFEM Background Brief January 2002

Why Gender Analysis of Budgets? A national, regional, or local budget
reflects a government's social and economic priorities more than any other
instrument-the place where policies and programs are defined and translated
into resource allocations. The formulation of a budget using traditional
macroeconomic practices may appear to be a gender-neutral process, as
generally there is no explicit reference to the different rights,
responsibilities, and capabilities that men and women have in society.
Budgetary allocations can and do, however, transmit and reproduce gender
biases throughout a society.

Examining budgets through a gender lens can help identify gaps in access to
and distribution of public resources. Such budgets are not budgets
formulated separately for men and women. Rather, the overarching objective
of bringing gender-analysis to budgets is to redefine priorities and
reallocate relevant resources that respond to the needs of the entire
population, taking explicit account of women?s disadvantaged position.
Gender-aware budgets promote both equity and efficiency.

Read the Brief at: http://www.unifem.undp.org/ee/Gender%20Budget%
20BackgroundBrief.Msthd.011402.doc

See also: "Gender Sensitive Budget Initiatives for Latin America and the
Caribbean: A Tool for Improving Accountability and Achieving Effective
Policy
Implementation" by Simel Esim (ICRW) at: [email protected]
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/organizations/healthnet/gender/docs/esim.html