This article concerns how the South African budget is viewed by women. This article concerns how the South African budget is viewed by women.
This article may be used in training to:
Demonstrate how a gender perspective can be brought into budget reporting.
Trainer’s notes
Use this example to draw out how a seemingly “gender neutral budget”, that is one viewed as having something in it for all citizens, may in fact be viewed negatively by one segment of the society. Examples include the insufficient social security net; high defense expenditure; and the fact that budgets are not sufficiently broken down by sub-sector. Note how the expert interviewed emphasises the importance of the sub sector data in gauging the impact on women and men. One deficiency of the story is that it only has one “expert” source. The story would have been strengthened by interviewing a broad cross-section of women.
Some training exercises
If this case study is being used soon after a budget reading, ask participants to go out and do vox pops with women and men and analyse the responses. Are there differences in priorities?
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