Budgeting from the gender perspective and gender sensitive budgeting approach in local governments

Day by day women's visibility in social, economic and social areas is increasing. The agenda of this development is the gradual weakening of traditional rules for women. Women were the most affected by the change and innovation that the modern lifestyle has enlarged its scope without limitation. As a result of this social change, governments have started to allocate more and more shares from the budget to the activities for women while performing the administrative function. Over time, the point of view of local governments continues to change positively in strengthening and supporting women's social status. In addition, local administrations carry out various activities aimed at women, especially social activities. It is seen that local administrations adopt a gender sensitive budgeting policy both in terms of administration and activities. On the other hand, although there is a budgeting approach which is applied at central and local level, gender sensitive budgeting is accepted to be effective especially on the local axis. As a result, local administrations, especially municipalities, are considered as the main actors in the implementation of gender-sensitive budgets. In accordance with, gender equality situation analysis was conducted in Mugla Metropolitan Municipality by using human resources data for 2018.