Enhancing parliament’s capacity in gender analysis

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Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) in partnership with the Office of the Speaker of Parliament, Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) in 2011 created and supported a task force in parliament to act as gender responsive budget champions mandated to spearhead gender budget advocacy at parliament level.


In order to improve advocacy efforts of the gender budget champions, a capacity building training has been scheduled for the 18th – 20 March 2012 under the theme “Enhancing the role of Parliament in Gender Responsive Budgeting” to equip the parliamentary gender champions with skills and techniques critical for analyzing government plans, policies and budgets from a gender perspective.


According to Julius Mukunda the Senior Program Director, Forum for Women in Democracy this training is timely considering that Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MFPED) is preparing to present the indicative planning figures to parliament, the newly acquired skills from this training will enable the GRB Champions to effectively carry out their mandate of championing advocacy for gender responsive budgeting in parliament when scrutinizing budget framework papers for the various government sectors


Carol Namagembe
Program Officer - Communications
Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE)

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