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17 February 2011: Diane Elson gives lecture on Gender Budget Analysis for an Age of Austerity

Prof. Diane Elson recently gave a public talk titled: Gender Budget Analysis for an Age of Austerity to the EDDA Center of Excellence in Iceland.

This talk drew on analysis made by the UK Women’s Budget Group of the UK public expenditure cuts announced in November 2011 and considered whether there were any lessons for other women’s groups that want to analyse expenditure cuts in other countries.

Diane has been a member of the UK Women’s Budget Group for more than 10 years, and is currently Chair of the Group and has published widely on women’s rights and government budgets, and acted as advisor on gender responsive budgeting to the United Nations Development Fund for Women, the United Nations Development Programme and the Commonwealth Secretariat. Her current research includes: auditing economic policy from a human rights perspective; and macroeconomic policies and gender equality.