Debate: On the ‘why’ of gender budgeting

Abstract

This debate article follows Steccolini’s (Citation2019) appeal for further discussion on gender budgeting in the academic literature. It explains why governments at every level need to develop gender responsive budgetary initiatives. This importance is highlighted by the needs of the current context—namely to better deal with public financial management in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and to attend to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).