Scottish Women's Budget Group
What is the Scottish Women’s Budget Group?
The Scottish Women’s Budget Group brings together women interested in:
• Knowing how taxpayers money is spent and the effect that has on women and men
• Changing how money is spent to take account of the different lives women and men lead
• Experience from academia, communities, statutory and voluntary sectors and trade unions
• Forming a group dedicated to promoting gender equality in the Scottish budgetary process
What are the aims of the SWBG?
The Scottish Women’s Budget Group aims to encourage the Scottish Parliament and the Government to use gender analysis to improve its policy making and to influence its spending plans through the Budget in Scotland.
The budget represents the decisions that have been made about government policy and the spending needed to put policy into practice.
Why does gender matter in public spending?
We believe the decisions in the Budget should take full account of the different social and economic realities of women and men, boys and girls. The Scottish Women’s Budget Group is supported by Engender, Glasgow Caledonian University, the EOC and Oxfam GB.
To join the SWBG or find out more about the work of the group please contact info@swbg.org.uk or see the new SWBG website www.swbg.org.uk
Documents
SWBG Response to the Scottish Budget and Spending Review 2007
Promoting gender equality in public spending (2008)
Parliamentary Scrutiny of Spending Plans and Spending Reviews (2008)
