Development of Gender Budgeting in Ukraine: A Tool of Financial Security in the Conditions of Armed Conflict

Abstract

The article is devoted to substantiating the need to apply gender budgeting as a promising tool for the country’s financial security. Attention is also focused on the matter that the movement towards smoothing out gender inequality at all stages and in all components of public policy brings Ukraine to the level of the European model, which shows that in countries where, for instance, there is a high percentage of women’s representation in political life, a high level of ensuring civil rights and freedoms is observed. The Global Gender Gap Index of Ukraine showed that our country has not significantly lost its positions both in terms of the overall indicator and its key parameters, given the situation with the armed conflict on its territory, but gender policy is not yet effective enough. The inclusion of budget legislation with elements of genderness is based on the requirements of international law, the country’s participation in international projects related to gender budgeting. It is emphasized that the application of the gender approach in planning the directions of economic development and budgeting taking into account gender characteristics makes it transparent, money is spent efficiently, all social and gender groups receive services. The already existing partnership and participation of local self-government bodies in gender equality programs demonstrates the readiness of communities to adhere to the principles of ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men and to implement obligations in the field of gender equality. These priorities are laid down in the strategic programs for the development of the State in general and in individual territorial communities in particular. It is noted that women contribute to the creation of more equitable local communities, in which, against the background of women’s solidarity, women’s employment and women’s entrepreneurship are supported, women’s economic activity increases, which becomes one of the foundations for strengthening the financial security of an individual community, region and country as a whole. Further research will be aimed at developing promising areas for the use of gender identity in the planning of the national and local budgets.

Keywords

• financial security
• gender equality
• global gender gap index
• gender budgeting