Gender budgeting has its origins in the 1980s and is based on the observation that budgets have d... more Gender budgeting has its origins in the 1980s and is based on the observation that budgets have different impacts on men and women. In society, women face different roles, opportunities and realities than men and assume different social and economic positions. Based on these different realities and living conditions men and women have different demands to political institutions, which have to be taken into account in budgetary and economic policy processes and decisions. The objective of gender budgeting is to investigate the effects of budgets on the reality of people's lives and on society's understanding of gender relations and to develop suitable measures and contributions towards more gender equality and equity. Evaluations show that gender budgeting has so far hardly contributed to improving the living conditions of women and men. In this dissertation, I search for the reasons for this lacking success, while taking a theoretical perspective coined by Michel Foucault an...
Gender budgeting has its origins in the 1980s and is based on the observation that budgets have d... more Gender budgeting has its origins in the 1980s and is based on the observation that budgets have different impacts on men and women. In society, women face different roles, opportunities and realities than men and assume different social and economic positions. Based on these different realities and living conditions men and women have different demands to political institutions, which have to be taken into account in budgetary and economic policy processes and decisions. The objective of gender budgeting is to investigate the effects of budgets on the reality of people's lives and on society's understanding of gender relations and to develop suitable measures and contributions towards more gender equality and equity. Evaluations show that gender budgeting has so far hardly contributed to improving the living conditions of women and men. In this dissertation, I search for the reasons for this lacking success, while taking a theoretical perspective coined by Michel Foucault an...
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