THE SCOTTISH WOMEN'S BUDGET GROUP

The Scottish Women's Budget Group (SWBG) was founded to promote gender equality in the Scottish budgetary process. We bring together a cross-section of women with expertise from academia, local commmunities, the statutory and voluntary sectors and trade unions.

The SWBG aims to encourage the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government to change the way decisions are made about how public money is spent.

In our view, the national Budget process is not a netural process that simply outlines spending plans and allocates money. It specifically assigns resources in line with the Government's social and economic priorities. this makes it all the more important to make the connection between policy priorities and resource allocation.

The SWBG promotes Gender Budget Analysis (GBA) as a methodology that can connect priorities with resources and identify how public expenditure may benefit women and men differently.