Budgeting for Women's Rights

Download or read book Budgeting for Women's Rights written by Diane Elson and published by Kumarian Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication examines how budgets and budget policy-making processes can be monitored for compliance with human rights standards, in particular with the Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Combining substantive analysis with country examples, it explores how a rights-based analysis can be applied to public expenditure, public revenue, macroeconomics of the budget, and budget decision-making.