COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENDER RESPONSIVE BUDGETING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 5055 GENDER RESPONSIVE BUDGETING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Women's Studies

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ASUMAN ALTAY

Offered to

Women's Studies

Course Objective

It is aimed to analyze the importance of the budget, which is the fiscal instrument of the state in ensuring gender equality, within the scope of gender responsive budgeting approach. In this context, it is aimed to comparatively examine the development of gender responsive budgeting approach at local and central government levels in developed and developing countries and Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to evaluate budgeting from a gender perspective and to offer solutions in both theory and practice,
2   To be able to evaluate the socioeconomic rationale and historical development of the gender responsive budgeting approach,
3   To be able to analyze public fiscal policies at national and international level in ensuring gender equality,
4   To be able to comprehend the importance of budgeting in solving the problems faced by women in socioeconomic life,
5   To be able to carry out interdisciplinary studies with the knowledge gained in one s field

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Budgeting and Budgeting Process
2 Institutional and Political Process of Budget Management
3 Establishment of Gender Equality and Budget Relationship
4 Gender Mainstreaming Strategy and Its Reflections on the Budget
5 Emergence and Development of Gender Responsive Budgeting Approach
6 Fundamentals of Gender Responsive Budgeting: Objectives, Tools and Actors
7 Socioeconomic Rationale of Gender Responsive Budgeting Approach
8 Expenditure Analysis in Gender Responsive Budgeting
9 Income Analysis in Gender Responsive Budgeting
10 Local and Central Budgets and Gender Responsive Budgeting
11 Gender Responsive Budgeting in Developed Countries
12 Gender Responsive Budgeting in Developing Countries
13 Development of Gender Responsive Budgeting Approach in Turkey
14 Gender Responsive Budgeting at Local Government Level in Turkey

Recomended or Required Reading

Budlender, D., Elson, D., Hewitt, G., & Mukhopadhyay, T. (Eds.). (2002). Gender budgets make cents: understanding gender responsive budgets. Commonwealth Secretariat.

Ng, C. (Ed.). (2015). Gender responsive and participatory budgeting: Imperatives for equitable public expenditure (Vol. 22). Springer.

Elson, D., & Sharp, R. (2010). Gender-responsive budgeting and women's poverty (pp. 522-527). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, presentations, comparison of research results and examination of case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: asuman.altay@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 11.00-12.00
Friday 11.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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