GREAT Women Project gender adviser authors book on GAD budget policy

Gender Adviser of the GREAT Women Project, Jeanne I. Illo, recently introduced her new book titled Accounting For Gender Results. The three-part book reviews the national-level implementation of the Philippine Gender Budget Policy. The book is published by Miriam College’s Women and Gender Institute (WAGI), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). The book is recommended for planners and policymakers in national and local government. For information to purchase copies, email wagi@mc.edu.ph.

In the Foreword by the Philippine Commission on Women, Executive Director Emmeline Verzosa expressed hopes for the book to “contribute tremendously to the ongoing discussions of how the policy can contribute to transforming the mainstream budgeting processes to be gender-responsive.”