Gender Responsive Budgeting: Four Zambian Government Ministries

This study was an attempt to determine the extent of Gender Responsive Budgeting being undertaken in four government ministries namely; Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Energy and Water Development and Ministry of Health. The study further attempted to find out the knowledge, attitudes and practices of Government workers in the same ministries towards Gender Responsive Budgeting. A third objective was to determine the extent to which ministerial budgets build women capacities. Survey research design at descriptive level was used in this study. The study employed both quantitative and qualitative procedures. Quantitative data was generated from the questionnaire while qualitative information was generated from in-depth interviews. Document review of governments yellow books and financial reports were also scrutinized to ascertain the extent of Gender Budgeting. Results on in-depth analysis revealed that ministerial budgets do not build women's capacities.

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Monde Matakala Mulunga obtained her MA degree in Gender Studies from the University of Zambia in 2005. She has worked in several institutions both public and private in Zambia. currently she is employed as a lecturer at Zambian Open University in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Development Studies.