Thursday 16 August 2007

UNFPA/UNIFEM: Gender Responsive Budgeting and Women’s Reproductive

UNFPA/UNIFEM: Gender Responsive Budgeting and Women’s ReproductiveRights: A Resource Pack
http://www.unfpa.org/publications/detail.cfm?ID=328&filterListType=

This resource pack provides relevant knowledge to facilitatemainstreaming gender-responsive approaches into reproductive health programmes, and the inclusion of specific aspects of gender inequality and disadvantage into national policy frameworks. It focuses primarily on health, particularly reproductive health; on HIV/AIDS; and on violence against women as it relates to health services. The publication was produced under a UNFPA/UNIFEM strategic partnership aimed at developing a coordinated approach for effective technical assistance to gender-responsive budgeting (GRB).

The resource pack takes the form of brief "sheets," each focusing on aGRB-related topic. Each sheet includes descriptions of a range ofexperiences using GRB in different countries, as well as references tofurther reading.

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