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Gender Responsive Budgeting

Gender equality, also called gender egalitarianism is defined as the state in which access to status, rights or opportunities, including economic participation and decision-making, is unaffected by gender. This also means that the different behaviours, aspirations and needs of women and men are equally valued and favoured as well as addressing the tendency to ascribe, in various levels and settings across societies, different roles and status to individuals on the basis of gender.

The issue is deep rooted in various cultures and societies and perpetuated by lack of female representation at all levels of policy and decision-making tables. As of October 2020, overall women representation in the Malaysian Parliament is still below the 30 percent target set by the United Nations (14.9% Lower House and 19% Upper House).

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