Video: UNIFEM’s Gender-Responsive Budgeting Initiative

This video showcases UNIFEM's work on gender-responsive budgeting (GRB). The film is set in Mysore, India, where an elected woman representative used the skills gained from a UNIFEM-supported GRB training to facilitate dialogue between women and municipal government and mobilize women to articulate their priorities and demand action from local leaders. As a result, budget allocations were secured for the construction of a health centre and the removal of a health hazard from the community.

The film, which includes a number of interviews with key stakeholders from the GRB initiative, demonstrates the value of women's participation in budget policymaking in order to ensure that budgets effectively address poverty experienced by women. To date, several obstacles still prevent women from participating in budget policymaking, including lack of knowledge of budget processes, discrimination, and lack of organizing, among others.

UNIFEM and its partner organizations continue to support initiatives across the world to bring a gender perspective to budgets (allocations and revenues) and budgetary processes. It is our hope that this video will facilitate advocacy efforts to advance women's rights and position GRB as an effective tool for achieving gender equality.

For more information, please contact Nanette Bruan, nanette.braun[at]unifem.org; Fatou Lo, fatou.lo[at]unifem.org; or Sara Pilot, sara.pilot[at]unifem.org

Year of Release: 2007

Publisher/s: Commonwealth TV, UNIFEM

More information: Ms. Nanette Braun, +1 212 906-6829, nanette.braun[at]unifem.org