Gender Responsive Budgeting: Issues related to the Health Sector in Punjab
Indian Institute of Public Administration
2000
Assessment Report
GRB
This Report seeks to explain what is Gender Responsive Budgeting and places it in the context of the fact that the onset of a chronic illness such as TB, cancer or HIV is a shock that can exacerbate the distress of those who are poor (especially women) and drive many of the non-poor below the poverty line. While poverty and ill health affect both men and women, the problems get compounded for women. Public provisioning of health care and universal access to it are critical to reducing entry into poverty and alleviating suffering.