Publication
Title
Gender mainstreaming in sector budget support : the case of the European Commission's sector support to Rwanda's agriculture sector
Author
Abstract
Donors face difficulties when handling gender concerns in the context of ongoing changes in aid modalities. Against this background, the European Union (EU) Member States and the European Commission (EC) adopted the EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment in Development (2010-2015) and launched, in collaboration with the UN Women and the International Training Center of the International Labour Organisation, the Increasing Accountability in Financing for Gender Equality programme. Within the framework of this programme, the EU delegation in Rwanda has elaborated a Gender Mainstreaming Strategy for the EC sector budget support to the Agriculture Sector in Rwanda. Given that, so far, experiences with gender mainstreaming in sector budget programmes in the agriculture sector are hardly documented, the review of the current degree of gender-sensitivity and the remedying gender mainstreaming strategy are also the focus of our contribution. Both the EC and Rwanda are interesting cases as the former is an influential actor in development cooperation, while Rwandas own commitment to gender equality gives the EC (and other donors) an interesting entry point to further trigger gender mainstreaming through (sector) budget support.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of international women's studies. - Bridgewater, Mass.
Publication
Bridgewater, Mass. : 2015
ISSN
1539-8706
Volume/pages
16 :2 (2015) , p. 155-169
Full text (open access)
UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Project info
Mainstreaming Gender Equality in EU-funded Cooperation with Rwanda.
Multiple pathways to gender-sensitive budget support in the education sector.
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Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
VABB-SHW
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Creation 13.02.2015
Last edited 07.10.2022
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