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The gender audit of a budget and its preparation reflects how resources are divided\u00a0<\/span>between women and men, and to what extent this division meets the needs and\u00a0<\/span>priorities of women and men, as well as girls and boys. A gender analysis of the budget\u00a0is a strategy for advancing the status of women and reducing gender inequalities in\u00a0society.<\/span><\/p>\n Like the national budget, the municipal budget is ostensibly a neutral tool; it consists of\u00a0numbers that describe income and expenditures, with no explicit mention of gender.<\/span><\/p>\n However, women and men from various social groupings are positioned differently\u00a0<\/span>in society \u2013 in the workplace and family \u2013 and have different roles and needs. Public\u00a0<\/span>services such as education, health, public transportation, and welfare are utilized\u00a0<\/span>differently by women and men; hence the budget impacts women and men differently.<\/span><\/p>\n The goal of gender budgeting is to introduce social \u2013 and particularly gender \u2013\u00a0<\/span>considerations into the planning and budgeting process. The gender audit of a\u00a0<\/span>budget can reveal the extent to which policies and budgetary allocations contribute\u00a0<\/span>to achieving greater gender equality. Examining the effect of policies and budgets\u00a0<\/span>on the social and economic status of women and men (from different age, ethnic,\u00a0<\/span>and socioeconomic groups) can contribute to an understanding of the roots of\u00a0<\/span>inequality. The various opinions, roles, and preferences of women and men are taken\u00a0<\/span>into consideration as well as any obstacles that may prevent women and men from\u00a0<\/span>equitably enjoying the programs and fully participating in social and economic life.<\/span><\/p>\n The results of the audit serve as a basis for making adjustments and changes where\u00a0<\/span>inequality has been found, ensuring greater gender equality in future budgets and\u00a0<\/span>programs.\u00a0<\/span>Gender budgeting contributes to a more efficient allocation of funds to social services,\u00a0increases the transparency of the budgetary process, and enhances the democratic\u00a0participation of both female and male residents in the budget-making process.<\/span><\/p>\n A gender audit of the budget addresses two main questions: <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The project design was developed by the Adva Center and is based on a model of mainstreaming gender into the planning
\n<\/span>1. What are the differential needs of residents \u2013 men and women?
\n<\/span>2. To what extent are these needs being met by political decisions, public services, and\u00a0current budget allocations?<\/span><\/p>\n
\nand budgeting of municipal services, drawn from experience gathered both in Israel and in other countries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gender","category-local-authorities","author-valeria-seigelshifer","author-yael-hasson","category-19","category-294"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n