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Title:The Political Economy of Women's Budgets in the South
Author:Budlender, DebbieISNI
Year:2000
Periodical:World Development
Volume:28
Issue:7
Period:July
Pages:1365-1378
Language:English
Geographic term:Southern Africa
Subjects:gender relations
national budget
women
Politics and Government
Economics and Trade
Development and Technology
economics
External link:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X(00)00016-4
Abstract:Women's budget exercises do not propose separate budgets for women. Rather, the exercises involve a gender-sensitive analysis of government budgets. Soon after the democratic elections of 1994, South Africa embarked on its first women's budget exercise, a collaborative venture between nongovernmental organizations and the South African parliament. Some time later the South African government initiated its own exercise in gender analysis of the budget. The South African initiative has attracted a lot of interest from around the world. In a number of other countries, amongst others Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania and Uganda, governments and civil society players have embarked on gender analysis exercises, often with strong support from international donors. This paper discusses the ways in which these exercises can assist in addressing gender issues, as well as some of the tensions involved. Bibliogr., sum.
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