The Guidelines on Gender Responsive Budgeting for the People’s Council in Ho Chi Minh city

This publication was developed out of the context of a new State Budget Law approved in 2015 which offered new and advanced articles of law from a gender perspective. The guidelines outlined in this Document aim to provide a basic knowledge of gender, gender equality and GRB and thus, offer skills with which to apply gender equality principles in budget monitoring and decisions of the People's Council to conform to State Budget Law (2015). At the same time, it offers guidelines to delegates of the People's Council, its Standing Board and People's Council Boards as well as officials from the city/provincial Departments, Committees and sectors on methods to apply with which to integrate gender into the budget process based on the mandate and functions of each agency. The Guidelines has been developed under the cooperation between the Economic and Budgetary Department - Ho Chi Minh City People's Council, Ho Chi Minh City Committee for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality and UN Women Viet Nam.