EDUCATION GENDER BUDGETING & BUDGET ANALYSIS

By Limbani Nsapato (ANCEFA))Anglophone West Africa Education Financing Training Workshop,

Banjul, the Gambia, 29 September, 2010

OBJECTIVES

• Define gender, education gender budgeting and gender budget analysis.

• Relate education gender budgeting/analysis to EFA goals & MDGs

• Discuss challenges related to education gender budgeting/ analysis/campaigns

GENDER BUDGETING & BUDGET ANALYSIS

Outline• Overview• Concepts• Practical Application• Challenges

OVERVIEW• The effectiveness of education financing campaigns can be

measured on how far they go in responding to gender issues in education in order to:– Promote participation of boys & girls in schools (pre-

school, primary, secondary, tertiary, etc)– Reduce disparities between men and women in adult

literacy classes– Promote fair conditions for both male and female teachers– Address school related gender based violence &

discrimination– Empower men and women in development

• Gender budgeting and gender budget analysis are key in achieving EFA Goals/MDGs.

CONCEPTS• Define Gender in

pairs.• Education Gender

Budgeting• Education Gender

Budget Analysis

Education Gender Budgeting• is an approach designed to mainstream the

education related gender dimensions into all stages of the budget cycle from planning to execution in to review. –Not necessarily about whether an equal

amount is spent on women and men, but whether the spending is adequate to women and men’s (pupils and teachers) needs in education.

Education Gender Budget Analysis• Assesses the extent to which the national education

budget responds to the needs of boys, girls, men and women, female and male teachers at all levels of the education system.– Consider the impact of any form of public

expenditure or method of raising revenues on women and girls, as compared to men and boys: Reduce disparities, Increase disparities, Promote discrimination, Promote violence, Promote poverty.

PRACTICAL APPLICATION• Conduct an education gender situation analysis: What are

education related issues affecting boys ,girls women, & men (consider factors like access, retention, quality, relevance, management, short term & long term benefits.

• Carry out an education gender policy analysis: is the policy gender aware or gender blind? What are the implicit and explicit gender issues addressed in the education policy goals, objectives & proposed interventions. Is policy M&E framework gender responsive?

• Undertake education gender budget analysis: assess whether planned education income and expenditures address the needs of boys/girls, men/women, male and female teachers.

PRACTICAL APPLICATION

• Conduct Gender Education Budget Monitoring/Tracking: the idea is to monitor or track whether the execution of the budget is sensitive to the needs of boys/girls, men/women, male and female teachers.

• Organise gender sensitive education budget campaigns : ensure that advocacy campaigns around education financing tackle issues around boys/girls, men and women, male and female teachers.

• Undertake Capacity Building Activities• Share experiences with other stakeholders on gender responsive

budgeting and budget analysis in education: through exchange visits, workshops, media, networks etc.

CHALLENGES • Budgetary constraints

• Need for political support

• Attitudes, Knowledge and capacity

• Continuity and institutionalization

• Coordination

DISCUSS (IN PLENARY/GROUPS)

Although gender is not only about girls and women, why is it important that education budgets and education financing campaigns should pay special attention to them? Use facts and figures to justify your answers.

(Tip: Refer to the EFA goals & MDGs , UNESCO GMR 2010, Education Financing Toolkit, country reports)