SHARING SUCCESSES ABOUT GENDER RESPONSIVE BUDGETING

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Our Executive Director, Patricia Munabi Babiiha, was invited by the UNWomen Fund for Gender Equality (UNFGE) as keynote speaker at their donor roundtable meeting that took place in New York on 8 July 2015. FOWODE was one of the first beneficiaries of the UNFGE in 2010 and received a catalytic grant to support her gender budget work. The Executive Director shared the organisation’s Village Budget Club model that has gained popularity for its ability to awaken citizen’s consciousness and to spur them to demand for accountable leadership and improved gender responsive service delivery. Additionally she shared the gain of the Certificate of Gender and Equity that was integrated in the Public Finance and Management Act 2015. The advocacy for this certificate started during the implementation of the FGE grant. Prior to the roundtable meeting, Patricia shared the results of the project and how we have been able to sustain the work that we began during the lifetime of the project in 2010. 

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