Gender Budgeting

Gender-Responsive Budgeting Training Session

Co-organized by ParlAmericas, UN Women Multi-Country Office - Caribbean, and the Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

 

Facilitated by Isiuwa Iyahen, Programme Specialist, Economic Empowerment and Statistics – UN Women Multi-Country Office - Caribbean

 

May 22, 2018

Gender-Responsive Budgeting Training Session

Co-organized by ParlAmericas, UN Women Multi-Country Office - Caribbean, and the Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

 

Facilitated by Isiuwa Iyahen, Programme Specialist, Economic Empowerment and Statistics – UN Women Multi-Country Office - Caribbean

 

May 22, 2018

Topics include: key concepts, tools for each stage of the budget cycle, SDG indicator 5.c.1, and how to analyse budgets with a gender lens

This exercise revolves around Hurricane Clara, a Category 5 storm, which made landfall on the fictional Caribbean island of Palmas in October 2018, directly affecting the lives of at least 70,000 people (almost the entire population). The hurricane destroyed entire crops, and disrupted power and water supplies. Preliminary findings of the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) revealed a catastrophic impact on the productive sector. According to the PDNA, losses are estimated at $387,000,000, damage at $970,000,000, and needs at $1.16 billion.

Topics include: "slowth," the intersection of climate action and gender budgeting, how to talk about the costs and benefits of national spending, who benefits, and how to achieve transformative outcomes.

Good Practices

The following practices have been submitted by parliamentarians and related stakeholders, and describe techniques that can be applied to:

GENDER-RESPONSIVE BUDGETING

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