Gender responsive budgeting
Student name: Ms Vandita Sahay
Guide: Dr Priya Bhagowalia
Year of completion: 2011
Host Organisation: UN Women
Supervisor (Host Organisation): Ms Yamini Mishra
Abstract: Even after over six decades of independence, gender equality remains a distant dream. A significant number of women in India continue to be disadvantaged in access to and control over resources. To bring gender parity in India through policy making, Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) is used as one of the tools to empower women with the help of budget instrument. The study does a GRB analysis of certain women specific schemes under Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD). Also the analysis for the Eleventh Five Year Plan with the help of Expenditure Budgets and Union Budgets will follow. The study looks at key concerns from a gender lens for certain schemes and lays some recommendations and conclusion at the end.
