The Gender Budget (BdG), as specified in the CRUI Guidelines for Gender Budgeting in Italian Universities, is an essential tool for promoting gender equality in universities and for integrating the gender perspective into all institutional policies, with the aim of making the allocation of financial resources more transparent and equitable.
The Gender Budget is a document that, on the one hand, provides a snapshot of the gender distribution of the various components within the University, as well as the participation of women and men in the university’s governing bodies, and, on the other hand, monitors the University’s actions in favour of gender equality and assesses their impact, as well as the impact of institutional policies and financial commitments, on women and men.
The two parts of the Gender Budget are closely interconnected: the analysis of the context is essential for planning positive actions and allocating the necessary resources to reduce gender gaps within the University, while the analysis of the results of the implemented actions and the impact of budget expenditures on women and men is fundamental to understanding the context, monitoring the achievement of objectives, and redefining them based on progress made.