Why gender mainstreaming is important? Formulating public policies with gender budgeting A case of study: The inclusion of gender budgeting in Bolivia Best Practices lessons and recommendations

1. THE IMPORTANCE OF
GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN
PUBLIC POLICIES
IMPLEMENTING GENDER BUDGETING
Patricia Jordan R.

2. CONTENTS:
 Why gender mainstreaming is important?
 What to take into account when formulating public policies?
Inclusion of a gender budgeting?
 Putting theory into practice:
A case study: the inclusion of gender budgeting in Bolivia
Best practices, lessons learned & recommendations
 Why the importance of including the gender approach in
the design of public policies also in the field of drug policies
and law enforcement agencies

3. Formulation and
Programing
Approval of the Ministry
of Finance
Discussion and approval
in the Parlament
Implementation
Monitoring and
Evaluation
Operational
programming and
public budget show
government’s priorities,
what sectors of society
are valued, what type of
work is needed,
recognized and
rewarded
DESIGN
IMPLEMENTATION
MONITORING
AND
EVALUATION

4. Do you think that
the public budget
is equal between
men and women?
What is gender
budgeting?
 Gender budgeting is a strategy
to achieve equality between
men and women by focusing on
how public resources are
collected and spent.
…but budgets are not disaggregated by
gender (men-women), so how could we analyse equality?

5. Gender disaggregated incidence
analysis
Sport/
discipline
Users Men Women
Soccer 600.000 450.000 150.000
Cricket 280.000 180.000 100.000
Basket 100.000 48.000 52.000
others 20.000 6.000 14.000
Ministry of Sports
$1.000.000
60%
30%
10%
Soccer Cricket Basket
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
Soccer Cricket Basket
Sex-disaggregated data
Men Women
• Women are employed in lower-
paying jobs
• Women's salaries are typically only
60-70 percent of salaries earned by
men.
Salaries
• Private sector employment or public
sector decision making, women are
less likely to occupy positions of
high responsibility, in comparison
with men.
Employment
opportunities -
Promotion
• Role of women in these zones.
• Land ownership, decision making
and leadership
• DA women participated more in the
eradication program
Alternative
Development
Other examples
OUT OF THE TOTAL BUDGET WHO ARE REALLY
BENEFITING
?

6. PUBLICPOLICIES
• "Public policies are a set
of actions and decisions
aimed at solving
problems specific to
communities”
GENDERMAINSTREAMING
• Gender mainstreaming is the
process of assessing the
implications for women and
men of any planned action,
including legislation, policies or
programmes, in all areas and at
all levels.
The results of the programmes, projects and budgets show:
Women and men occupy different spaces in the
production of goods and services and in social
reproduction
Different realities faced by men
and women

7. IMPLEMENTING GENDER BUDGETING IN
BOLIVIA
Process, methodology and tools

8. PUBLIC BUDGET
 How are public resources spent?
 Current expenditure (operating expenses)
 Capital expenditure (investment expenses)
 Who spends public resources?
 Bodies and Institutions assigned with these type of
resources – People who work in the public sector
 What are public resources spent for?
 Programmes
 Projects
 Activities

9. GENDER MAINSTRAEMING PROCESS
SENSITIZATION
(RAISE-
AWARENESS)
WORK WITH
PUBLIC
SPECIALISTS TO
REVIEW THE
ANNUAL PLAN
REVIEW
PROGRAMS,
PROJECTS AND
BUDGET
IDENTIFY
GENDER GAPS
– DESIGN OR
ADJUST
PROJECTS AND
FUNDRAISING
INCORPORATE
GENDER
INDICATORS
SEX-
DISAGGREGATE
D DATA
VALIDATE THE
INTERVENTION
WITH AUTHORITIES
FOLLOW-UP AND
EVALUATION
PERMANENT
CONSTRUCTION
PUBLIC
POLICIES
GENDER
BUDGETING
- LAWS AND
LEGISLATION
- LONG-TERM
STRATEGIC PLANNING
- ANNUAL PLANNING
(SHORT TERM)
- INVESTMENT
PROJECTS
- ACTIVITIES AND TASKS
- INTERNATIONAL
INSTRUMENTS
- NATIONAL
LEGISLATION IN
GENDER
- GENDER THEORY
- GENDER ACTION
PLANS

10. ANNUAL PROGRAMME
Annual Targets
CODE:
SPECIFIC
CODE:
TARGET DESCRIPTION
ANNUAL
RESPONSIBLE
% INDICATOR BASE
LINE
Goal
2012
Verifica-
tion.
GENDER
MAINSTRAEM
ING
PERIOD BUDGET
1th
TRIM
2nd
TRIM
3rd
TRIM
4th
TRIM
CÓDIGO PROYECT /ACTIVITY AMOUNT SOURCE
FUNDING
AGENCY
1.1 1.1.1 25
1.1.2 25 30 men
20 women
yes
1.1.3 25
1.1.4 25
2.1 2.1.1 25
2.1.2 25
2.1.3 25
2.1.4 25
What to take into account:
- Indicators sex-disaggregated data
- A column was placed to check whether or not the project or the management
objective included a gender mainstraeming

11. WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS
 THE INSTITUTION
 UN-WOMEN
 NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN
 MINISTRY OF FINANCE

12.  Creation of an Interministerial Committee on Gender Mainstreaming
with technicians from the General Directorate of Planning (DGP),
Women's Institute UN WOMEN
 Incorporation of the gender focus in 2 Ministries´ strategic objectives
PEI 2012 - 2015 of
 Gender mainstreaming in the Annual Plan at the level of specific
objectives
 Approval of 8 standards with a gender perspective
RESULTS
• Increase in resources for gender equity in the Ministry's 2012 Annual Action Plan
(POA)
• Initial discusions for the creation of a gender unit for the Ministry of Production
Development

13.  Lack of sex-disaggregated statistics and data
 Annual Plans did not have gender indicators
 High rotation rate of public servants
LIMITING FACTORS - CHALLENGES
 A participatory construction process with the commitment of all actors involved
 A gender consultant to follow up all the process
 Institutionalization of the process at Ministerial level
 Excel tool incorporated in the Ministerial planning process
 Leadership of the Institute for Women for the follow-up
SUSTAINABILITY FACTORS

14.  It is important to sensitize about gender to start the process
 Technical support is fundamental throughout the process
 The process and the tool are equally important
 Linking the process to the National planning and budgeting process
 National counterparts and international cooperation actors have to be part of the
process
 The availability of data is the key to succeed
LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS

15. GENDER BUDGETING IN THE WORLD

16. GENDER BUDGETING?
WHERE?
2017
How many
countries have
incorporated the
gender approach
into their public
budgets?

17. Tools for the implementation of gender
budgeting
26%
20%
20%
20%
14%
GUIDELINES
TRAINING
EXPERT/CONSULTATIVE
GROUP
BEST PRACTICES
INSTRUCTIONS IN ANNUAL
BUDGET
12 OECD countries report having gender budgeting

18. WHY WE DO NOT INCORPORATE GENDER?
 Insufficient resources?
 Limited capacity in ministries or institutions?
 Statistical offices has to define the need for gender-
disaggregated data?
 Women institutions has to integrate
gender mainstreaming into
indicators and budget?
GENDER APROACH CAN BE INCLUDED IN ALL THE INSTITUTIONS

19. THANK YOU…

20.  Have you had training on gender issues?
 Does your institution have gender-related policies, programs or
projects?
 Do you consider this kind of evaluation?
 Is gender integrated into your work?
 Do you have sex- disagregated data?
 How do you incorporate gender?
I want to hear from you: