Gender Budget Talks

Moderated by Alexandru Gribincea (Keystone Moldova), this episode features Valeria Babără, legal adviser with the international NGO Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice , and Andriana Zaslaveț, Representative of the Platform for Gender Equality and Project Coordinator at the Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims “Memoria”. Together, they explore how gender-based crimes are defined and addres...

In this episode, moderator Slavica Strikovic (Women Action) speaks with Milan Stefanovic (Protecta) and Bojana Naimarević (ImpAct) about their organizations’ journeys within the Gender Budget Watchdog Network. They share how they became involved in GBWN, highlight concrete initiatives supported through the network, and reflect on how gender-responsive budgeting and regional collaboration have stre...

In our latest episode, Marija Risteska, GBWN regional director chats with Blai Martí Plademunt from Barcelona, the Director of the City’s Gender Equality Department, who reveals the city’s journey in integrating gender budgeting and its impacts, like shifting sports funding towards more inclusive initiatives. Also, joining us is Ivana Angelova from Slovenia, a Senior Advisor at the Center of Excel...

In this episode of our podcasts, Natasha Dokovska engages with Drita Mehmedi, from the Network of Women in Science, and Marija Kamcheva, a coordinator for equal opportunities from the Municipality of Kavadarci, to explore the impact and challenges of gender-responsive budgeting (GRB). Drita and Marija share their positive experiences and insights from their work on integrating gender perspectives...

In this episode of the Gender Budget Watchdog Network podcast, Kristian Lika from GDAC explores the complexities of communicating gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) with expert guests Ludmila Malcoci, Executive Director of Keystone Moldova, and Natasha Dokovska, Founder of Journalists for Human Rights. The discussion delves into the challenges media face in reporting on GRB and the importance of bu...

This podcast talks about a very interesting topic ‘Waste Management Through Gender Lenses’ offering opinion from two men guests, Boran Ivanovski from NALAS and Emil Angelov from Salar, hosted Biljana Matevska from Center for Research and Policy Making. In this episode of the Gender Budget Watchdog Network podcast, Biljana Matevska from CRPM hosts Boran Ivanovski and Emil Angelov for a discussion o...

Moderator: Mersiha Jaskic, CPCD, Bosnia and Herzegovina Guest speakers: Liz Hind and Samah Krichah, Women’s Buget Group, UK This episode is discovering how to the research on unpaid care work and what is needed for unleashing women’s economic potential that will demand changes in how care work is valued and distributed within households and workplaces and shared between men and women. What we need...

Moderator: Natasa Dokovska, Journalists for Human rights, Macedonia Guest speakers: Liljana Janoski, Rural Coalition and Elena Kochoska, Consultant -Expert for disability and CRPD, Macedonia

Moderator: Ivana Petrisková, CRPM, Macedonia Guest speakers: Ana Marija Sikirić Simčić, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Rijeka, Croatia and Gloria Alarcón-García, University of Murcia, Spain In this episode we discuss how can we apply gender budgeting in academic and scientific institutions and how can GRB help to improve the gender gap between some of the study fields. Further we...

Moderator: Marija Risteska, CRPM, Macedonia Angela O'Hagan, Professor of Equality and Public Policy at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK The discussion on the trends in the GRB includes the growing number of CSOs who focus on budgetary processes and integration of gender analysis in those. This trend requires the capacity building of the civil society and at the same time building the br...

Welcome to the third episode of the podcast series within the framework of the Gender Budget Watchdog Network. In this podcast, we are joined by our project partners: Adelina Tershani from the Kosovo Women’s Network, Alexandru Gribincea from Keystone Moldova and Kristian Lika from the Gender Alliance for Development Centre in Albania. Together, they delve into the importance of involving more men...

Welcome to the second episode of the podcast series within the framework of the Gender Budget Watchdog Network. In this podcast, we delve into the significance of gender-responsive budgeting with Marija Risteska, the Regional Director of GBWN, and Slavica Striković, the Director of the network's implementing partner organization, Women Action. In this conversation, Marija and Slavica, two experien...

Welcome to the first episode of the podcasts series in the framework of the Gender Budget Watchdog Network, where we discuss critical issues related to climate change and gender-responsive budgeting. In this episode, the regional director of the network, Marija Risteska, engages in discussion with Gordana Nestorovska Micova and Željana Pjevalica, activists and representatives of associations worki...