The work undertaken to bring gender perspectives to bear on national budgets since the mid 1980s has often been rather loosely defined. Initially the initiatives were called "women's budgets"; later ...

In recognition of International Women’s Day on March 8, the Chart of the Week takes stock of gender budgeting practices in Group of Twenty countries using data from a recent IMF survey. The research ...

Australia is in danger of being outpaced by its peers on an issue that goes to the heart of its equality policies, economic performance and democratic accountability: gender‑responsive budgeting.

Gender-responsive budgeting (GRB), also known as gender budgeting, is an approach to budgeting that takes into account the various needs of a diverse population by using an intersectional gender lens ...

As India prepares for Budget 2026-27, it must confront a fundamental, yet persistently ignored, constraint on growth: women’s time poverty. Women contribute only about 18% to India’s GDP, not because ...

India's progress in gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) is commendable on paper. The share of the gender budget in total expenditure has risen from 4.5% in 2014 to 6.8% in 2024. The allocation of ₹3.27 ...

Women stand in a queue to receive the vaccine for COVID-19 in Khola Bhuyan village on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Tuesday, September 7, 2021. Credit: AP Photo/Anupam Nath The concept of Gender ...

This article is authored by Cchavi Vasisht, associate fellow, Chintan Research Foundation, New Delhi.

Karnataka's gender budget growth slowed to 4.6 percent for FY27. Gender spending in state budget dropped to 9.1% for FY27. Category B allocations for women increased to Rs 54,010 crore. Did our AI ...