He said the phrase Gender Responsive budgeting it does not mean a separate budget for women but rather for the budget Gender responsive in terms of allocations targeted at addressing women issues affecting the same way as men. Disaggregation of impact on issues affecting women“When say gender responsive budget it does not mean the budget should only consider women issues, it considers men and women. Human Rights Officer –OHCHR said a human right based budget should emphasizes the importance of integrating human rights principles and standards in each and every part of a development process on the basis that the human rights normative framework helps to ensure more sustainable and equitable development outcomes. The OHCHR Human Rights Officer said taking a human rights based approach to budgeting means distributing resources in a way that puts people first. He cautioned the women Civil Society leaders attending the two-day event that human rights budget scrutiny or analysis involves examining the public budget to assess a government’s compliance with its human rights obligations.


Source:   Front Page Africa
November 12, 2021 11:35 UTC