
Securing resources and budgets is central to successfully undertaking implementation efforts and sustaining them. Resources and contributions from diverse participating stakeholders can be financial or in-kind (technical expertise, free space and facilities, equipment or materials needed for services, free mass media time to raise awareness or information for abused women on where to call, etc.) Advocacy, dialogue with policy-makers and other strategies for securing resources and longer-term budget lines should be built-in from the beginning of programme planning and design. Ultimately, however, governments hold primary responsibility for ensuring that adequate public sector budgets are made available to address violence against women and girls.
A leading approach is gender-responsive budgeting, a methodology and tool to promote more equitable allocation and utilization of government resources. It encourages accountability in legislative and policy implementation, thereby advancing commitments to prevent and respond to violence. Gender-responsive budgeting can be applied in the development and execution of national and local funding mechanisms and can ensure the needs of women and girls, among other particularly marginalized social groups and communities, are met. It can be employed to analyze and track government commitments to address violence against women and girls in multi-sector or sector-specific budgets. (UNIFEM and UNFPA, 2006)
Illustrative Reports:
Manual for Costing: A Multidisciplinary Package of Response Services for Women and Girls Subjected to Violence (UN Women, 2013). Available in English.
The Costs of Violence - Understanding the Costs of Violence against Women and Girls and its Response: Selected Findings and Lessons Learned from Asia and the Pacific (UN Women, 2013). Available in English.
Costing the Implementation of Violence against Women Laws and Policies (UN Women webinar, 2011). Read the background note. See the presentation:
Budgeting for Women's Rights: Monitoring Government Budgets for Compliance with CEDAW (Elson, 2006). Available in English, French, and Spanish.
Gender Responsive Budgeting in Practice: a Training Manual (UNFPA and UNIFEM, 2006). Available in English, French and Spanish.
Budgeting for Equity: Gender Budget Initiatives within a Framework of Performance Oriented Budgeting (Sharp/UNIFEM, 2003). Available in English.
Gender Responsive Budgeting and Women's Reproductive Rights: a Resource Pack (UNFPA and UNIFEM, 2006). Available in English, French and Spanish.
Making the Case for Domestic Violence Prevention through the Lens of Cost-Benefit: A Manual for Domestic Violence Prevention Practitioners (Transforming Communities Technical Assistance, Training and Resource Center, 2008). Available in English.
Calculating the Cost of Domestic Violence Toolkit (Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women, 2008). Available in English.
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