Media Release by ERA following the Federal Budget Dated 11 May 2021
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Media Release by ERA following the Federal Budget Dated 11 May 2021
ERA has put together a handy guide on Gender Responsive Budgeting. Check it out below:GRB: A Brief Guide for Budget Participants
Helen Dalley-Fisher on Gender Responsive Budgeting, featured on Broad Agenda.
ERA worked with the National Older Women’s Housing and Homelessness Working Group on this article which was published in Parity in October 2020.
This article by Helen Dalley-Fisher was published in Parity in October 2020
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“Once upon a time, Australia was the world leader in using its budget to promote gender equality. In 1984, the Federal Government implemented the world’s first gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) initiative. The Women’s Budget Program used the budget to systematically identify opportunities to advance gender equality through expenditures, allocations and taxation. And it was ace.” Project […]
“Historically, the Bangkok Regional Review meetings have provided more space for civil society than many other forums, with the negotiation opened to the observation of – and therefore are accountable to – civil society; women’s organisations and feminist groups. The annual negotiations at the CSW in New York, in comparison, are closed and as such […]
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