Gender Responsive Budgeting with an aim at developing safe cities for women and girls: Ho Chi Minh City’s initiatives in public passenger transport services delivery

The report aims at specifically outlining the operation of gender equality principles in the State Budget Law 2015 in a specific area of public transport. It records initial results, challenges and difficulties in implementing gender responsive budgeting initiatives in public passenger transport management in Ho Chi Minh City for the period 2017 – 2020 to promote gender equality and safe cities for women and girls.

The report was developed within the cooperation framework between the UN Women Viet Nam and Ho Chi Minh City Department of Labour-Invalids and Social Affairs in collaboration with Ho Chi Minh City Management Centre of Public Transport under Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transportation.