Expert Group Meeting

Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women
Oslo, Norway
4-7 September 2007

Click to download the final report of the expert group meeting

In accordance with its multi-year programme of work for 2007-2009, the Commission on the Status of Women will consider “Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women” as its priority theme during its fifty-second session in 2008. In order to contribute to a further understanding of the issue and to assist the Commission in its deliberations, the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women convened an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on the topic. The EGM was hosted by the Government of Norway in Oslo, from 4 to 7 September 2007.

In preparation for the Expert Group Meeting, the Division also hosted an online discussion on the theme.

Related documents and resources:
Aide-Mémoire
Final Report
Programme Of Work
List Of Participants
Background Paper
Expert Papers
Expert Presentations
Observer Papers
Additional Documents
Logistical Information Note
Online Discussion
Statements
Media Advisory
Photos

Background Paper

• EGM/FFGE/2007/BP.1
  FINANCING FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN: PARADOXES AND POSSIBILITIES
  prepared by Isabella Bakker

Expert Papers

• EGM/FFGE/2007/EP.1
  FINANCING DECENT WORK FOR WOMEN
  prepared by Gemma Adaba
  
  
• EGM/FFGE/2007/EP.2
  FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, GENDER EQUALITY, AND THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE MONTERREY CONSENSUS
  prepared by Pawadee Tonguthai
  
  
• EGM/FFGE/2007/EP.3
  PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING GENDER-RESPONSIVE BUDGETING
  prepared by Katrin Schneider
  
  
• EGM/FFGE/2007/EP.4
  GENDER RESPONSIVE BUDGETS (GRB’S) HAVE A PLACE IN FINANCING GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
  prepared by Rhonda Sharp
  
  
• EGM/FFGE/2007/EP.5
  Gender Budgeting Experiences from Tanzania
  prepared by Edward Hiza Mhina
  
  
• EGM/FFGE/2007/EP.6
  FINANCING GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
  prepared by Shireen Lateef
  
  
• EGM/FFGE/2007/EP.7
  GENDER AND THE PARIS DECLARATION IN ZAMBIA
  prepared by Paul Lupunga
  
  
• EGM/FFGE/2007/EP.8
  FINANCING FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN: UGANDA’S EXPERIENCE
  prepared by Margaret Kakande
  
  
• EGM/FFGE/2007/EP.9
  MONEY MATTERS: THE STRATEGIC RELEVANCE OF DONOR FUNDING TARGETS AND CONDITIONALITIES FOR WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND GENDER EQUALITY RESULTS
  prepared by Ireen Dubel
  
  
• EGM/FFGE/2007/EP.10
  FUNDING WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS AND MOVEMENTS AS KEY DRIVING FORCES FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
  prepared by Lydia Alpízar Duran
  
  
• EGM/FFGE/2007/EP.12
  THE CRITICAL ROLE OF AUTONOMOUS WOMEN’S FUNDS IN STRENGTHENING WOMEN’S MOVEMENTS
  prepared by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
  
  
• EGM/FFGE/2007/EP.13
  FINANCING FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN EASTERN EUROPE
  prepared by Kinga Lohmann
  
  
• EGM/FFGE/2007/EP.14
  THE PARIS DECLARATION ON AID EFFECTIVENESS AND GENDER EQUALITY
  prepared by Cathy Gaynor
  
  
• EGM/FFGE/2007/EP.15
  FINANCING FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN: SOME THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ISSUES FROM A TRADE AND MACROECONOMIC POLICIES PERSPECTIVE
  prepared by Mariama Williams
  

Expert Presentations

• THE CRITICAL ROLE OF AUTONOMOUS WOMEN’S FUNDS IN STRENGTHENING WOMEN’S MOVEMENTS
  prepared by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
  
  
• THE PARIS DECLARATION AS A TOOL TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY
  prepared by Cathy Gaynor
  
  
• AWID SECOND FUNDher REPORT: FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FOR WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS WORLDWIDE
  prepared by Lydia Alpízar Duran
  
  
• PAPER ON FINANCING FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN: EXPERIENCES FROM TANZANIA
  prepared by Edward Hiza Mhina
  
  
• GOVERNMENT BUDGETS AND FINANCING GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
  prepared by Rhonda Sharp
  
  
• PEOPLE UNLIMITED - HIVOS
  prepared by Ireen Dubel
  
  
• Gender Mainstreaming in ADB
  prepared by Shireen Lateef

Observer Papers

• EGM/FFGE/2007/OP.1
  NOTES ON THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT AND THE MONTERREY CONSENSUS
  prepared by UN-INSTRAW
  
  
• EGM/FFGE/2007/OP.2
  FINANCING FOR GENDER EQUALITY – RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE EIGHTH COMMONWEALTH WOMEN’S AFFAIRS MINISTERS MEETING
  prepared by Commonwealth Secretariat
  
  
• EGM/FFGE/2007/OP.3
  Draft Discussion Paper
  prepared by The NGO Committee on UNICEF: Working Group on Girls

Additional Documents

• NATURAL DISASTERS: REBUILDING NATIONS, ACEH CASE
  prepared by Suraiya Kamaruzzaman
  
  
• FINANCING GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN CONFLICT AND POST CONFLICT COUNTRIES: THE SUDAN CASE
  prepared by Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda

Statements

Opening statement by Ms. Carolyn Hannan, Director, Division for the Advancement of Women

Photographs