Gender Budgeting in Turkey: An Assessment of Local Practices from the Well-Being Perspective

Gulay Gunluk-Senesen, Yelda Yucel, Aysegul Yakar-Onal, Burcu Yakut-Cakar and Nuray Ergunes

Politica economica, 2015, issue 2, 175-194

Abstract: This paper introduces the basic methodology and general findings of the researchproject entitled «Public Policies, Local Governments, Gender Budgeting: Women Friendly Cities,Case of Turkey». The aim of the project was to analyse public policies at the local level, theservices and expenditures of the municipalities in particular from the gender well-being perspective.Main driver of the research was the expectation that promotion of gender mainstreamingin public policy design would have reflections in resource allocation in those pilot cities, whichcommitted to the United Nations Joint Program-Women Friendly Cities Project (UNJP-WFCP)in Turkey since 2006. Five WFCP cities in different geographical regions (Kars, Sanlıurfa, Nevsehir,Izmir, Samsun) were chosen and each was coupled with five neigbouring cities (Erzurum,Diyarbakir, Kayseri, Manisa, Ordu). Comparative analyses were conducted by: 1. gender auditingof policy documents; 2. cross-checking of perceptions of local service providers with thoseof local women beneficiaries; and 3. de-construction of municipality budgets on the basis ofwomen's capabilities. Our well-being gender budgeting exercises showed that UNJP-WFCP citieswere not much different from others in allocating funds to programmes that have the potentialto enhance women's capabilities. We discuss the interaction of multiplicity of issues whichneed to be accounted for in assessments of current and prospective policy practices.

Keywords: public policy; local government; well-being; capabilities; gender budgeting; Turkey. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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