Regional Workshop on Gender Budgeting


 In view of the considerable interest evinced by many States, on the subject of Gender Budgeting, the Department of Women and Child Development is holding Regional Workshops, in collaboration with UNDP, to share and discuss the strategy of the Government on Gender Budgeting and Gender Mainstreaming with State Governments.

The first Regional Workshop was organized at IIPA, in New Delhi , on 23-24 November 2005. State Secretaries-  Planning, Finance and Women and Child Development,  from eight States of the Northern Region (Uttar Pradesh, Uttranchal, Punjab , Haryana, Delhi , Himmachal Pradesh, J&K, Rajasthan) were invited.

Discussions and presentations covered topics like

  • Concept of Gender Budgeting in the Indian context

  • Tools for Gender Budgeting

  • Gender Concerns in Select Sector-Urban Planning and Development, Energy,    Employment Guarantee Programmes, Agriculture etc.

  • Participative Budgeting involving women 

  • Need for Gender Mainstreaming

The second Regional Workshop was  held at Yashada, Rajbhavan Complex, Baner Road , Pune on 15 December 20 05 . The State Secretaries of Planning, Finance and Women and Child Development Departments  from Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Goa , Gujarat , Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu have been invited to attend the Workshop

The third Regional Workshop was held at Calcutta on 23 December 2005.  

 

    Presenation of 2nd Workshop Microsoft Powerpoint file format

    Details of Bombay Workshop

    Summary Proceedings of First Regional Workshop

    Background Note on Gender Budgeting

Background Papers

  Women's Empowerment through Gender Budgeting - A review in the Indian Context
      by Anjali Goyal, Director, Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD)

  The Budget: A Gender and Poverty Sensitive Perspective

  Home and Hearth : Women in India should be more assertive regarding their fuel needs
     by Prof. Jyoti Parikh, Director, Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe), article courtesy
     Business Standard

Presentations

  Gender Budgeting for State Governments: A Background Microsoft Powerpoint file format
     by Anjali Goyal, Director, Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD)

  Tools for Gender BudgetingMicrosoft Powerpoint file format
     by Anjali Goyal, Director, Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD)

  Gender Urban Development Microsoft Powerpoint file format
      by Dr. Darshini Mahadevia, Professor, Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology 

  Gender Budgeting - Energy Microsoft Powerpoint file format
      by Prof. Jyoti Parikh, Director, Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe)

  The Need for Gender Mainstreaming: Some Evidences

  Gender Budgets and Employment Guarantee SchemesMicrosoft Powerpoint file format
      by Aasha Kapur Mehta, Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA)

  Regional Work on Gender Budgeting, Microsoft Powerpoint file format
     Ahalya S Bhat, Singamma Sreenivasan Foundation (SSF)