Abstract
Inspired by the Millennium Development Goals of addressing gender inequality, this chapter examines the initiatives of local governments in the Philippines to empower women through gender-responsive budgeting. Two basic issues are addressed: (1) how is the 5 % gender budget utilized for gender and development? and (2) does the mandate of allocating this budget manifests the effort to ease gender gaps and improve women participation in development?
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