Gender budgeting: practical implementation
Handbook
prepared by Sheila Quinn
Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs
Council of Europe
April 2009
Sheila Quinn is a consultant and researcher, based in County Wicklow, Ireland, with a focus on equality (particularly gender equality) and social inclusion. She is a member of the management committee of the UK Women’s Budget Group.
The author would like to thank all the Council of Europe member country representatives who supplied material information, and the CDEG members for their expert feedback on the drafts of the document. Thanks are also due to members of the European Network for Gender Budgeting, in particular Diane Elson, Elisabeth Klatzer, Regina Frey, Alisa McKay, Yolanda Jubeto, Priya Alvarez, Angela O’Hagan, Annalisa Rosselli, and Thera van Osch for information on gender budget initiatives in their respective countries and for their feedback. Special thanks to Anne-Marie Faradji and Paula Hinchy in the Council of Europe Secretariat, both for their guidance and for their patience.
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