Gender Responsive Budgeting in Practice programme helps ensure fair allocation of resources for all

Women and men experience life differently, as they have different needs and realities, and this is why gender responsive budgeting is important. Photo: Pixabay

Women and men experience life differently, as they have different needs and realities and this is why gender responsive budgeting is important: It takes these differences into account when mobilising and distributing resources, says Engender Consultancy founder and managing director Omna Sreeni-Ong.

"A gender responsive budget is a budget that works for everyone – women and men, girls and boys – by ensuring a gender-equitable distribution of resources which contributes to equal opportunities for all," she explains.