Introduction to Gender Budgeting

The Scottish Women’s Budget Group will explore with us the role of gender budgeting in Government decisions about public spending. Giving you the chance to increase your understanding of gender budgeting, why it is needed and matters in our everyday lives. Women and men use public services differently – they have different life experiences and face different economic realities and challenges. Women are often disadvantaged by policies that do not recognise these different experiences, gender budget analysis can help change this, and we can all be part of the call to make sure this process happens at local and national levels.