Pangandaman calls for gender mainstreaming in national budget

Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman underscored the need to mainstream gender and development in the national budget at the first-ever high-level ministerial International Conference on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) hosted by the Philippines.

"What we should do, more than tagging this budget, (is that) we should already mainstream women in the entire national budget. You don't allocate just five percent. When agencies, when our leaders propose the budget, they have to ensure that the Women's Budget or women empowerment programs and projects is the goal of that budget. It's like the entire budget should be providing livelihood, providing work, providing jobs to everyone," the Department of Budget and Management chief explained during the thematic session on financing strategies for WPS initiatives held on Oct. 29, 2024.