GENDER BUDGETS

Adele BaumgardtChair of Gender Budget Group Wales

Helen Buhaenko

Oxfam/Gender Budget Group for Wales

How we took it forward Interested parties meeting Consulted on others experience

(WBG, Scotland) Established Terms of Reference Action Plan – starting with wider

information meeting with ‘all Wales’

Capacity Building

Information event for wider membership

Identify Pilots/partners

Drivers and BarriersDrivers Enthusiasm/interest Support/expertise Pilots National Assembly Size of Wales Communities

1st/poverty/inclusion

Barriers Time/money Lack of experience Size National Assembly Lack of knowledge Cross Committee

interests

The Way Forward Consultant Pilots:

Sport Segregation Education Objective funding

National Assembly lobbying Publicity/promotion

Gender Audit with Sports Council Wales

Why Sport? Sports Council is an identified partner There is an imperative within sport to

address the gender imbalance in participation

Manageability of project Need to be inspiration for future projects Specific Wales context and

interest

Why Sport?

Key differences already identified: Resources including time, money and

information Different rates and patterns of participation Safety and security Preferences Link with Urban Development

Tourism Transport Rural development Poverty and social

inclusion

Barriers to participation

From previous experience and data we know some of the barriers to participation. These include:

Time Money Facilities Access

Reasons for barriers

Representation in decision making Coaching Role modelling Profile (media) Culture and tradition

Approach

Convince partner of all previous slides Action plan – agreeing TOR and

assigning tasks with time scales Evaluate process Publish and publicise

Aims To provide statistical /data analysis of

usage by gender of two leisure centres in Swansea and two in Gwynedd;

To provide a statistical breakdown of income and expenditure by gender at these sites;

To assess the impact of leisure centre income and expenditure on men/women, girls/boys;

Aims Identify any areas of inequality in

expenditure or of uneven impact on men/women, girls/boys;

Make recommendations regarding relevant policies, practices and provision to redress any inequalities.

Action Planning

Establish common understanding of approach

Establish effective and ongoing evaluation process at earliest stage

Data collection Analyse gaps and barriers Produce data analysis

Action Plan contd.

Report – to whom? Format? Action plan projects and strategies to

address Evaluate Publicise Networking

Throughout:

Ask: Does the project meet women’s and

men’s needs, does it help to transform gender divisions?

Does the project enhance/improve participation?

Does it increase awareness?

For effective implementation

Ask Are we involving men and women in

the needs assessment? Is there gender expertise? Are women in the planning,

management and evaluation stages?

Principles

In summary: All principles can be applied to any

gender audit process Effective analysis will challenge and

ask tough questions – particularly when money is involved

Find common objectives