Implementing Gender-Responsive Planning and Budgeting in Türkiye - Strategy Document and Action Plan

Gender-Responsive Budgeting is an important and effective strategy to mainstream gender equality in order to reach the ultimate goal of gender equality and women’s empowerment. The principle of mainstreaming requires incorporating the perspective of gender equality in all aspects of budgetary and policymaking procedures including defining areas for public intervention, planning for programmes, actions and budgets, implementing planned actions through spending, and monitoring and auditing all procedures and activities.

The framework set out in this Strategy Document and Action Plan for Implementation of Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting in Türkiye includes four main stages of the policy making and budgeting process: defining, planning and budgeting, implementation, monitoring and audit.