Gender Budgeting Network (Zim)

Background

The Zimbabwe Gender Budgeting Network (ZGBN) was formed on the 26^th of September 2007. It is a network of organizations and individuals dedicated to facilitating greater citizen and civil society participation in budgeting issues, and influence the level of priority and resources afforded to gender issues in policy making and public budgeting.

The network was borne out of the recognition that there are a small number of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) skilled in policy and budget analysis, and limited advocacy and engagement between civil society and government on gender, economics, policy planning and budgeting issues. Civil Society and gender researchers need to be capacitated to continuously engage and participate in the budget process in order to influence it, and in turn, to build the capacity of communities to demand for accountability in public expenditure.

Aim

The aim of the ZGBN is to create space for sustained and focused advocacy around gender concerns, particularly as they relate to policy making and resource allocation. Advocacy around gender issues in national macroeconomic policy and planning would contribute to broader developmental goals and issues of participation, transparency and good governance.

Vision

Gender sensitive budgets that address the needs and priorities of women, men, girls and boys.

Mission

To ensure gender sensitive budgeting through advocacy, participation, research and capacity building.

Objectives

• To actively influence national and local authority gender budgeting processes that take into account the needs and priorities of women and men, boys and girls
• To participate in the national budgeting process through research, advocacy, budgetary analysis and information dissemination
• To advocate for sex and gender disaggregated data and its use in all sectors of the economy
• To promote transparency and accountability in the gender budgeting (GB) process
• To promote participation of the disadvantaged, vulnerable and underprivileged groups in the GB process