{"id":21339,"date":"2026-06-01T14:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbwn.net\/?p=21339"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:41:24","slug":"call-for-papers-gender-responsive-budgeting-for-gender-equal-societies-financing-care-climate-action-and-womens-economic-empowerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbwn.net\/en\/call-for-papers-gender-responsive-budgeting-for-gender-equal-societies-financing-care-climate-action-and-womens-economic-empowerment\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers: Gender-Responsive Budgeting for Gender-Equal Societies: Financing Care, Climate Action, and Women\u2019s Economic Empowerment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Center for Research and Policy Making and the Gender Budget Watchdog Network invite abstracts for the 3rd<\/sup> GRB Community of Practice, dedicated to strengthening university\u2013CSO collaboration for gender-equal societies. The conference will be held 25-27 August in Ohrid, Macedonia and will explore how gender-responsive budgeting can be used to transform public finance, climate finance, care systems, and access to finance for women-led businesses and women entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

Conference Themes<\/strong><\/p>\n

We welcome theoretical, empirical, comparative, and practice-oriented papers addressing one or more of the following themes:<\/p>\n

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  1. Financing the Care Economy through Gender-Responsive Budgeting<\/strong> <\/span>– Papers may examine how public budgets recognize, reduce, redistribute, reward, and represent care work; how investments in childcare, eldercare, long-term care, health, social protection, and care infrastructure contribute to gender equality; and how GRB can support more sustainable and inclusive care systems.<\/li>\n
  2. Gender-Responsive Climate Finance and Just Transition<\/strong><\/span> – Papers may explore how climate budgets, green investments, disaster risk reduction financing, energy transition policies, and adaptation measures can be assessed and redesigned through a gender lens. Contributions may address gender-sensitive climate data, climate budgeting tools, local-level climate finance, and the inclusion of women and vulnerable groups in climate-related decision-making.<\/li>\n
  3. Financing Women\u2019s Entrepreneurship and the Women\u2019s Economy<\/strong><\/span> – Papers may focus on access to finance for women entrepreneurs, women-led SMEs, start-ups, and informal or underserved businesses; the role of financial regulators and financial service providers; gender-disaggregated financial data; the WE Finance Code; and policy instruments that expand women\u2019s economic participation.<\/li>\n
  4. University\u2013CSO Collaboration for Gender-Equal Societies<\/strong><\/span> – Papers may analyze models of cooperation between academia and civil society in producing evidence, developing gender-sensitive research and data, strengthening public accountability, and translating research into advocacy, policy reform, and budget change.<\/li>\n
  5. Innovative GRB Methodologies, Tools, and Technologies<\/strong><\/span> – Papers may examine new approaches to gender budget analysis, expenditure tracking, gender tagging, participatory budgeting, digital tools, dashboards, AI-supported analysis, intersectional data, and other innovations that strengthen transparency and accountability for gender equality.<\/li>\n
  6. Budgeting for Well-being, Equality, and Social Justice<\/strong> <\/span>– Papers may address how well-being economy approaches, inclusive growth frameworks, social investment, and gender-responsive fiscal policies can contribute to more equitable outcomes. Contributions may include comparative experiences, local and national case studies, and policy lessons from different regions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Please submit an abstract of a paper under the following gender responsive budgeting themes, which is on some of the afore mentioned themes and will be no longer than 300 words, including:<\/p>\n