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PCW pushes use of budget to bridge gender gaps | Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
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3/6/13
PCW pushes use of budget to bridge gender gaps | Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
demand for technical assistance on GAD Planning and Budgeting. Further, PCW officials asserted that the GAD budget is not a separate or an addition to the agency budget. Agencies need to work on the budget given by DBM to fund their GAD-related programs, projects and activities. We cannot go to DBM and ask for additional money, Verzosa said. She added that spending at least five percent of the agency budget for GAD is not supposed to diminish the budget intended for regular programs and services but rather influence the remaining 95 percent of the budget by infusing gender perspectives in agency programs, projects and services. More than ensuring compliance to the GAD budget policy, PCW officials stressed that the implementation of the Joint Circular 2012-01 would translate to more and better agency GAD plans. As duty bearers, agencies need to uphold womens rights and eliminate discriminatory policies, programs and service delivery mechanisms so that the full benefits of our development efforts will be equitably enjoyed women and men, Rikken said. pcw.gov.ph
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