Free Access | 2024-04-12

COMPLIANCE WITH PLANNING AND BUDGET TOOLS FOR TRACKING PUBLIC ALLOCATIONS FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT: UGANDA’S CASE

Authors/Editors: Economic Policy Research Centre ,  UN Women

Abstract:

The Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) received support from UN Women to provide technical support and leadership in evidence generation through research and policy analysis using gender statistics. The focus on gender responds to one of UN Women’s strategic development objective of improving the use of gender statistics by different players to inform advocacy, research, policies, and programmes. As part of this effort, EPRC, in collaboration with the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBoS), conducted a study to track Uganda’s progress towards attainment of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 5.c.1. Specifically, this study assessed government efforts to track budget allocations for gender equality throughout the public finance management cycle and to make such budget allocation publicly available. There have been efforts by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED), and FOWODE that have contributed towards the assessment of SDG 5.c.1. However, these efforts fall short of providing insights on whether Uganda fully meets the expected requirements as per the established standard. The standard refined methodology was developed by UN Women, together with OECD and UNDP. Specifically, the study sought to (i) determine the extent to which government sectors are using appropriate planning and budget tools to track resources for gender equality and women’s empowerment programmes; and (ii) examine the extent to which sectors adhere to the set requirement of publishing public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment interventions.