COVER HINDI - Ministry of Women and Child Development

Complete
Budget
Macro Level
Gender
Budgeting
Micro level
Sectors
Spatial Mapping of
Infrastructure
(Water Sanitation, Electricity,
Roads) &
Employment Opportunities
Synergy in allocation of
resources across
levels of governance,
programmes
and Departments
Take in to account
regional imbalances/
geographical constraints
Gender Responsive
Administration
Beneficiary Needs assessment at
field level
Impact Assessment of
Schemes/Programme/ Delivery of
Services
Box - 7 : Gender Budgeting- an Action Plan
MACRO LEVEL INITIATIVES
• This entails preparation of a Gender Based Profile of Public
Expenditure- This serves as a situational analysis/Benchmark to
identify gap areas in resource allocation for women
• The exercise could be carried out for the entire Budget of a
State or M inistry or for specific Sectors
• Identification of gaps w ill enable enhancing / re-prioritizing
allocation of resources towards women’s empowerment
• Monitoring flow of funds, gender friendly implementation
and achievement of outcomes is an integral part of gender budgeting
M ICRO LEVEL INITIATIVES
• Spatial M apping of resources available for women
in the villages and tow ns and benchmarking public
expenditure necessary to ensure adequate availability and
access to essential services like health, education, water
sanitation, fuel and employment gives a realistic picture of
funds required for women.
• The next step is to progressively translate gender
based spatial requirements in to resource allocations and create
synergy in Resource allocation across levels of governance to
ensure universal coverage
• Re-prioritize resource allocations to address- regional
imbalances, infrastructure gaps
• The stage of Designing schemes and programmes
should incorporate gender concerns identified through
Beneficiary Needs Assessm ent at the field level
• Programmes may be Redesigned from gender
perspective- build in wom en’s participation
• Affirmative action may be taken to address gender
barriers in access to public expenditure
• Relentless monitoring and impact assessment of
implem entation and outcom es would enable suitable
corrective action
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