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ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL: LESSONS LEARNED FROM LEGISLATIVE GENDER COMMISSIONS AND CAUCUSES2324252627‘Women’s Caucus of Parliament Terms of Reference’ (no date), in NDI (n.d.), p. 2. AAAAAAAAAAAAHesse, (1997), in NDI (n.d.), p. 3. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaARwandan Women Parliamentarians Forum (2007). AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaANDI-Morocco, ‘Information Seminar on Women Parliamentarian’s Groups’. AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaAAGender-sensitive budgeting reflects acknowledgement of the different needs, interests and situations ofmen and women in society, as well as the underlying inequalities that stem from these, and allocatesresources to address them. It also recognizes men’s and women’s differentiated contributions, paid andunpaid, to the production of goods and services, as well as human labour, and takes these into account inallocating resources. Access to data broken down by sex and to budget projections is crucial duringthese processes. See the presentation on gender-sensitive budgeting by the UNIFEM Andean Region,‘Presupuestos Sensibles al Género’, p. 6., available at . AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaA38