📍 𝐀𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚, 𝐓𝐮̈𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐲𝐞 | 𝟓 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
At the regional meeting “𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫”, organized by the
@Association for Monitoring Gender Equality (CEID), Marija Risteska
@marijadrmr presented the experience of the
@Gender Budget Watchdog Network (GBWN) during the panel discussion “𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘄?”
Sharing insights from North Macedonia, she reflected on the role of civil society in making public finances more accountable, transparent, and gender-responsive.
In her intervention, she emphasized that 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 not only about technical analysis and public expenditure monitoring, but about the everyday realities of 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆’𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔- 𝒖𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌, 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒚.
💬 “𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑢𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑡𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒.”
The event brought together civil society organizations, experts, and international partners from across the region to exchange experiences and strengthen cooperation on gender equality, socio-economic inclusion, and combating gender-based violence.
Through shared evidence, regional cooperation, and persistent advocacy, we can build more inclusive and equitable societies.
Supported by
@austriandev and
@sidasweden
#GenderEquality #GenderBudgetWatch #GBWN #CRPM #CEID #WomenEmpowerment #SocialInclusion #WesternBalkans #CivilSociety #PublicFinance #GenderResponsiveBudgeting
