Participants from county governments, civil society organizations, and research institutions took part in a three-day training on gender-responsive budgeting held between the 6th and 8th of September 2022 in Nairobi. The training dubbed, “Gender Responsive Budgeting: putting GRB into practice” was jointly organized by the UK Women’s Budget Group (WBG) and the Kenya Gender Budget Network KGBN) which is hosted by the Collaborative Centre for Gender and Development (CCGD).
The program manager at UK WBG explained that GRB is not a special budget for women, but a gender-balanced policy approach that ensures equitable budgeting for the needs of women and men, boys and girls.
The training was attended by representatives of 20 organizations including, the University of Nairobi Women Economic Empowerment Hub, Investing in Children and their Societies (ICS), International Budget Partnerships Kenya, Follow the Money Kenya, County Government of Nairobi, Institute of Public Finance Kenya, Institute of Economic Affairs Kenya, Emerging Leaders Foundation Youth Alive Kenya, Fight inequality Alliance, International Peace Support Training Centre, Oxfam Kenya, Population Reference Bureau, County Government of Nyeri, Community Empowerment and Development Centre (CEDC), Kenyatta University, KGBN, CCGD and Ebyan Adiraham, Programme Officer, UK Women’s Budget Group and Lucille Onyango -the consultant.
UK Women’s Budget Group is a small non-profit organization that analyzes government public policies from a gender perspective to influence and lobby to create a more gender-equal economy. Through their Global Partnership and Learning Programme, they have been partnering with CCGD on various capacity-building sessions on GRB, gender-sensitive policy planning and fundraising strategies. On the other hand, Kenya Gender Budget Network which is hosted by CCGD has been engaging in gender-focused advocacy work to inform programming and budgeting. The network is an open membership for stakeholders and new institutions and individuals interested in advancing GRB in Kenya and beyond can express their interest by writing an email to Josiah Kiarie at kgbn@ccgdcentre.org and copying ccgdinfo@gmail.org.
