| AUTHOR | D. Elson |
| ORGANIZATION | UNIFEM |
| TYPE | Working Paper |
| DATE | 2006 |
| TOPIC | Budgeting for children |
| LANGUAGE | English |
Political statements and legislation alone will not increase access to services, resources and rights. Progress towards human rights entails monetary investment and a constant scrutiny of economic policies from a rights perspective. Accountability to women’s rights needs to be translated into mobilizing the necessary resources to meet the commitments made by the ratification of CEDAW. This report provides a framework for applying a rights-approach to budgets from a gender perspective that defines the requirements of good budget performance in the planning, formulation and execution stages. It also details the elements that require a critical assessment of budget policy making processes, the appropriateness of budget allocations, and the standard principles for non-discriminatory economic and budgets policies.
