Gender budgeting: a vital element for ensuring sustainable development

Abstract

The article aims to highlight the latest approaches to the introduction of countries gender budgeting. The authors propose the application of the method of ranking countries based on 4 key indicators related to the gender gap (Economic participation and opportunity, Educational attainment, Health and survival, Political empowerment) of the Global gender gap index and then analyse the result considering the level of socio-economic development of each country. Ten sample countries were randomly chosen. The results of the study confirmed the mutual influence between the gender gap and socio-economic development. The proposed method of ranking countries compared to socio-economic, political and environmental development allows countries with a high value of the gender gap index to offer specific tools to reduce it. The research conducted can help improve existing practices, facilitate initiatives to develop gender parity and further work on geographical and sectoral orientation.

Changing Trends in Ukraine's Demographic Security as a Key Indicator of Socioeconomic Stability

“…Current trends in population change, considering Ukraine's military situation, indicate a significant decrease in its growth rate. This issue is particularly relevant today, given the difficult situation in Ukraine [4]. The war started by the russian aggressor led to colossal losses of human lives throughout Ukraine.…”

“…Many scientists compare the demographic situation [5,6,7,8]. Several scientists investigate the main problems of demography [9,4,10,11]. Quite often, factors affecting the country's demographic status are determined in scientific publications [12,13].…”

“…The russian invasion of Ukraine is the next stage of the russian-Ukrainian war started by russia in 2014. In the conditions of military aggression, the role and importance of further developing knowledge about security in the broad sense are strengthened [4]. The mentioned topic is also relevant in the context of the further development of economic security aimed at solving specific problematic issues regarding the social aspects of Ukraine's demographic security in the conditions of military aggression.…”

Gender Budgeting as a Dynamic Monitoring Tool for Gender Diversity Management in Universities

“…Although the causes vary in different national contexts, gender inequality in academia is a global phenomenon (Piva and Rovelli, 2022). Given all this, GB represents a tool that universities increasingly use to consider the womens' priorities and needs and demonstrate a commitment to pursuing gender equality (Addabbo et al, 2015;Bilyk et al, 2021;Lucchese et al, 2022).…”

“…Gender inequality in academic careers is, in fact, a global phenomenon, although the causes and consequences vary in different national contexts (Piva and Rovelli, 2022). One tool increasingly used by universities to demonstrate their commitment to pursuing gender equality is the gender budget, a document that assesses and restructures budget items considering women's priorities and needs as well as those of men (Addabbo et al, 2015;Bilyk et al, 2021;Lucchese et al, 2022). This paper aims to investigate whether and how gender budget can communicate the evolution of the gender diversity management approach.…”