Budgeting for Women's Rights: Monitoring Government Budgets for Compliance with CEDAW (Concepts And Tools) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932827471 ISBN 13: 9781932827477

Publisher: Kumarian Press, 2006

Synopsis

People’s access to services and resources are determined by government budget policies. Gender budgets initiatives around the world have attempted to systematically examine how government budgets address discrimination with regard to women’s access to housing, employment, health, education, and other services.

Often these exercises have been eye-openers: A budget analysis of domestic violence policies and laws in seven countries in Latin America, for example, revealed that appropriations for domestic violence programs and interventions were non-existent in cases. Similar evidence of gender discrimination is found when examining taxation policies.

This publication adds a landmark to the discourse on the link between human rights standards and government budgets. It elaborates on how budgets and budget policy making processes can be monitored for compliance with human rights standards, in particular with the Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

Combining substantive analysis with country examples, the publication explores how a rights-based budget analysis can be applied to public expenditure, public revenue, macroeconomics of the budget, and budget decision-making.

In the context of discussions on aid effectiveness, direct budget support, and accountability Budgeting for Womens’ Rights is of particular relevance.

For more information, visit Gender Budgets

Published by UNIFEM.

About this title

About the Author:

Diane Elson is a professor in the Department of Sociology and the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex. She was coordinator of UNIFEM's Progress of the World’s Women 2000 and is an adviser to UNIFEM on gender responsive budgets. She is also a member of the UN MDG Task Force on Education and Gender

Review:

"This report is timely in the context of discussions on aid effectiveness and new aid modalities. It responds to the challenge of implementation and the need for more concrete measures to be undertaken to increase accountability and ensure the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals"

"Provides a new framework for a set of activities that are often addressed in relative isolation from one another, that is, human rights and government budgets. While the nuances of human rights law and government budgeting can be challenging, the report is well organized and serves as an accessible primer... Important... Straightforward."

About this edition

• Publisher: Kumarian Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1932827471
• ISBN 13: 9781932827477
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172
• Editor: Elson Diane