Gender Responsive Budgeting-based analysis in India, barring a few exceptions, is limited to bringing up a Gender Budget document by governments. While this is indeed a welcome step, this exercise is also limited, and there is a need to use other tools to make the process of GRB-based analysis more comprehensive.
Our GRB initiative has two broad objectives: carry out an analysis with particular reference to gender-based violence faced by workers in public spaces using data and insights from two ongoing projects of CBPS, i.e., Gender Violence in Public Spaces (GVPS) and Gender Street Games (GSG). The analysis would strengthen the evidence base for policy advocacy regarding GVPS and develop a comprehensive GRB framework using diverse tools and a holistic perspective of lived experiences and social change, which can be extended and applied to other areas/policies. The primary approach of GRB analysis is based on gap analysis. The project will try to analyse gaps in the current understanding of GRB, gaps in the current processes, and gaps in the allocation of resources for gender transformative policies. The project will also look at the challenges in bridging the identified gaps.