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The Women's Budget Group (
WBG ) is an independent organisation bringing together individuals from
academia, non-governmental organisations and trades unions to promote
gender equality through appropriate economic policy.
In all our
work, we ask the question: 'Where do resources go, and what impact does
resource allocation have on gender equality?' The impact that
government expenditure can have on women's everyday lives, especially
women experiencing poverty, is of particular concern to us.
The WBG
aims to not only encourage, but assist the government in using gender
analysis to improve its economic policy making. The WBG also advocates
specific policies. The work of the WBG is focussed at the UK level, but
it has links with a group that has a similar aim for Scotland, and with
both NGOs and intergovernmental organisations that promote gender
budgeting internationally.
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