scholarly journals Gender budgeting in Scotland: A work in progress

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela O’Hagan
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Budget Process ◽  
Gender Analysis ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Policy Actors ◽  
Feminist Economics ◽  
Key Driver ◽  
Gender Budgeting ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractAfter almost twenty years of devolved government in Scotland, during which gender analysis of the budget process has been advocated, this article explores the discursive framing of gender budgeting and progress towards implementation. Charting historical and conceptual developments, from feminist economics and feminist institutionalist perspectives, the article highlights the significance of engaged political, civil society and policy actors; the need for clear conceptual framing; and the time it has taken for limited progress to embed. Conscious of financial constraints and economic commitments, including an ambitious extension of publicly funded childcare, the discussion highlights the positive advances in integrating gender equality into economic analysis. It offers insight into the institutional arrangements and advocacy that have maintained pressure for the Scottish budget process to be subject to effective scrutiny and to function as a key driver of gender equality.

scholarly journals Prospects for the development of gender budgeting in Ukraine

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-41
Author(s):  
O. Cheberyako ◽  
O. Hnatiuk
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Budget Process ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
First Results ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Gender Budgeting

The essence of the gender-oriented budgeting method as a kind of result-oriented budgeting is determined; its main characteristics are revealed, such as the focus on gender equality, analysis of the impact of policies on women and men, differentiation of income and expenditure by gender, etc. The problem of gender inequality in Ukraine through the prism of the dynamics of the average wage in Ukraine for women and men during 2012–2020, the level of employment and unemployment by sex during 2012–2020, gender segregation of vocational training, and limited access of women to certain types of professions are analyzed. Theoretical and methodological principles of gender budgeting and prerequisites for its introduction in the budget process of Ukraine are studied. The first results of the implementation of gender budgeting in Ukraine are presented, namely: the main legal documents adopted in the framework of gender budgeting, shows in which areas complete and passports of budget programs taking into account the gender aspects have already been drawn up and adopted, etc. Examples of the functioning of gender budgeting in foreign countries are highlighted. The need for further changes in the budget process of Ukraine through the prism of gender equality, which will improve the efficiency of budget funds, ensure the equality between men and women, as well as a fair distribution of budget expenditures by gender.

scholarly journals Gender Analysis of the Success Rate of Integrated Crop Management Field School Program

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 435
Author(s):  
Falah Muthiah ◽  
Aida Vitayala Hubeis
Keyword(s):  
Success Rate ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Crop Management ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Gender Analysis ◽  
School Program ◽  
Integrated Crop Management ◽  
Field School

Gender inequalities in development programs is problem that still going on. One of program from the government that relate to agricultural development policies and apply the principle of gender mainstreaming is Integrated Crop Management Field School Program (SL-PTT) in rural areas. The general purpose of this research is to analyze the level of gender equality in SL-PTT program, and analyze the relationship between the level of gender equality with success rate of SL-PTT program. This research using quantitative data with survey method using simple random sampling technique and analyzed by cross tabulation and Rank Spearman. This research supported by qualitative data with in-depth interviews. The results showed that there is a positive and significant correlation between the level of gender equality  and success rate of SL-PTT program.Keywords: gender analysis, gender equality, the success rate of the program================================================ABSTRAKProgram pembangunan yang belum memenuhi adanya kesetaraan gender menjadi permasalahan yang sampai saat ini berlangsung. Salah satu program dari pemerintah yang berkaitan dengan kebijakan pembangunan pertanian yang menerapkan prinsip pengarusutamaan gender adalah program Sekolah Lapang Pengelolaan Tanaman terpadu (SL-PTT) di perdesaan. Tujuan umum penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis tingkat kesetaraan gender program SL-PTT, dan menganalisis hubungan antara tingkat kesetaraan gender dengan tingkat keberhasilan program SL-PTT. Penelitian ini menggunakan data kuantitatif dengan metode survei dengan menggunakan teknik simple random sampling dianalisis menggunakan tabulasi silang dan Rank Spearman didukung dengan data kualitatif dengan wawancara mendalam. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa terdapat hubungan positif dan signifikan antara tingkat keterlibatan peserta SL-PTT  dengan tingkat keberhasilan program SL-PTT.Kata Kunci :  Analisis gender, kesetaran gender, keberhasilan program

scholarly journals Jämställda nyheter. Kvinnans ställning i svenska nyhetsprogram

2019 ◽  
pp. 150-162
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Jakubowska
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Women's Status ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Gender Balance ◽  
Women’S Status ◽  
Gender Neutral ◽  
News Programs ◽  
Service Channels ◽  
Insight Into

This article provides an insight into the contemporary level of gender equality that characterizes Swedish news programs. The study is based on available data and reports regarding women’s status in the newsroom, as well as their opportunities and access to the process of making news. The study analyses Swedish public service channels’ policy concerning women’s and men’s equal rights in the newsroom and the reflection of this in practice. The main aim of the article is to explore whether Swedish news is really as gender neutral as expected and what needs to be improved to achieve actual gender balance.

Girls Building Androids and Robots

2018 ◽  
pp. 35-64
Author(s):  
Maya Götz ◽  
Diana Iulia Nastasia ◽  
J. J. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Educational Television ◽  
The United States ◽  
Children's Television ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Central Institute ◽  
Reception Study ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
Insight Into

There is still a considerable degree of catching up to do in regards to fostering gender equality within areas of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). Children's leading medium, television, could offer role models of girls with competence in STEM areas, but unfortunately television programs often miss this chance. The children's television series Annedroids is a notable exception. This chapter provides insight into how children can be educated about gender equality in STEM with the aid of gender-sensitive media programs such as Annedroids. The chapter examines data from a reception study which was conducted under the leadership of the International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television (IZI) with 6- to 12-year-old children in the United States and Canada (N = 301). The research is enhanced by a conversation between Dr. Maya Götz, Head of IZI; Dr. Diana Nastasia, a contributor to the IZI research; and J. J. Johnson, the program's creator.

Gender Responsive Budgeting in India

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-52
Author(s):  
Vibhuti Patel
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Budget Process ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Equitable Distribution ◽  
Financial Plan ◽  
Fiscal Efficiency ◽  
The Government

The budget represents the financial plan and hence is the most significant policy instrument of the government for establishing macro-economic stability, fiscal efficiency, strategic priority, and more importantly, for ensuring the equitable distribution of national resources. Gender responsive participatory budgeting (GRPB) is a means of integrating a gender dimension into all steps of the budget process that includes participatory decision making and transparency in raising financial resources and their expenditure. It is about considering the different needs and priorities of both women, men, and sexual minorities without gender exclusivity. Gender responsive budgeting (GRB) ensures that budgets are gender-sensitive and not gender neutral, which means that they are geared towards establishing gender equality and are sensitive to intersectionality of gender with class, caste, race, religion, ethnicity, and geographical location. GRB consists of the use of tools to analyze the gender dimensions of budgets; adoption of procedures to ensure that the budget supports the achievement of gender equality; and implementation mechanisms for effective and efficient utilisation of allocated funds, functions, and functionaries.

scholarly journals Bringing diversity to nature: Politicizing gender, race and class in environmental organizations?

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 874-898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seema Arora-Jonsson ◽  
Mia Ågren
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Outdoor Recreation ◽  
Organizational Practice ◽  
Environmental Organizations ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Swedish Society ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Do So

Environmental organizations play an important role in mainstream debates on nature and in shaping our environments. At a time when environmental NGOs are turning to questions of gender-equality and ethnic diversity, we analyze their possibilities to do so. We argue that attempts at ethnic and cultural diversity in environmental organizations cannot be understood without insight into the conceptualizations of nature and the environment that underpin thinking within the organization. Serious attempts at diversity entail confronting some of the core values on nature-cultures driving the organization as well as understanding the dimensions of power such as class, gender, and race that structure its practices. We study what nature means for one such organization, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, and the ways in which thinking about nature dictates organizational practice and sets the boundaries of their work with diversity in their projects on outdoor recreation. We base our analysis on official documents and interviews, analyze how “diversity” and “gender-equality” are represented in the material and reflect on the interconnections as well as the different trajectories taken by the two issues. Our study shows that the organization’s understanding of nature is a central and yet undiscussed determinant of their work with diversity that closes down as much as it opens up the space for greater inclusion of minorities. We argue that for environmental organizations wanting to diversity membership, a discussion of what nature means for people and their relationships to each other and nature is vital to any such efforts.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH IN THE POLAND

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 504-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wioletta CZEMIEL-GRZYBOWSKA ◽  
Anna SKOWRONEK-MIELCZAREK
Keyword(s):  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Debt Financing ◽  
Small Enterprise ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Entrepreneurship Research ◽  
Industry Sector ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Research Analysis ◽  
Size Efficiency

Access to financing plays an eminent role for a small enterprise sector in any economy. Research usually finds a positive size efficiency relationship, but few studies focus on sectors dominated by small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). This paper fills this gap by analyzing this relationship in the Polish industry sector, which is both successful and increasingly dominated by SMEs. It is envisaged that this study will contribute to the existing literature on small enterprise financing, with an emphasis on financial constraints in the Polish small enterprise industry sector. The paper presents only part of research. Analysis of the data will present an insight into the actual barriers for small enterprises constraints associated with debt financing arrangements.

Gender Budgeting in G7 Countries

Policy Papers ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Fiscal Policies ◽  
G7 Countries ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Gender Budgeting ◽  
The Imf

At the request of the Italian Presidency of the G7, the IMF has prepared a paper on gender-budgeting as a contribution to the G7 initiative on equality. The paper provides an overview of gender-responsive budgeting concepts and practices in the G7 countries. It summarizes recent trends in gender equality in G7 and advanced countries, noting that while equality has improved overall, exceptions and gaps remain. Recognizing that many fiscal policies have gender-related implications, this paper: Sets out the main fiscal policy instruments, both expenditure and tax, that have a significant impact on gender equality. Provides a conceptual framework for the public financial management (PFM) institutions that play an enabling role in implementing gender-responsive fiscal policies. These instruments include gender budget statements, gender impact assessments, performance-related budget frameworks, and gender audits. Ministries of finance have an especially important role in promoting and coordinating gender budgeting, and associated analytical tools. Provides an assessment of the status of gender budgeting in the G7 countries. In preparing the paper, the IMF carried out a survey of PFM institutions and practices in the G7, as well as in three comparator countries that are relatively strong performers in developing gender-responsive budgeting (Austria, Belgium, and Spain). This information was complemented by other sources, including recent studies by the OECD and the World Bank. The main policy implications and conclusions of the paper include: Well-structured fiscal policies and sound PFM systems have the potential to contribute to gender equality, furthering the substantial progress already made by the G7 countries. While G7 countries have made effective use of a wide range of fiscal and non-fiscal policies to reduce gender inequalities, there has generally been less progress in developing effective gender-specific PFM institutions; embedding a gender dimension in the normal budgeting and policy-making routines varies across G7 countries and is not done systematically. Fiscal policy instruments of relevance to increasing gender equality include the use of tax and tax benefits to increase the supply of female labor, improved family benefits, subsidized child-care, other social benefits that increase the net return to women’s work, and incentives for businesses to encourage the hiring of women.

scholarly journals USER MOTIVATION AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN IDEA CROWDSOURCING

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (05) ◽  
pp. 1450031 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIIA KOSONEN ◽  
CHUNMEI GAN ◽  
MIKA VANHALA ◽  
KIRSIMARJA BLOMQVIST
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Intrinsic Motivations ◽  
Key Driver ◽  
Insight Into

We investigate how the propensity to trust, intrinsic motivation, and extrinsic motivation drive the intentions of individuals to share knowledge in idea crowdsourcing. Building on motivation theories and Uses & Gratifications (U&G) approach, we conducted a web-based survey within IdeasProject, an open innovation and brainstorming community dedicated to harvesting ideas. Based on a sample of 244 users, our research shows that the key driver of knowledge-sharing intentions is made up of two intrinsic motivations — social benefits and learning benefits. We also found that recognition from the host company affects intention to share knowledge. From the management point of view, the relative importance of social integrative benefits calls for better facilities available for users to be able to help each other in formulating and developing their ideas. Learning and creativity could be inspired by feedback from professionals and experts, while providing insight into technological advances and features dealing with the current tasks.

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