While still struggling to recover from the economic impact of the pandemic, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) face unprecedented challenges with limited fiscal space. Finding the right expenditure strategy is more important than ever. In this scenario, advancing gender equality offers significant opportunity, with the potential to both address growing gender … [Read more...] about Gender Budgeting: What is it and Why it is Important for Gender Equality and Economic Growth
Raquel Coello Cremades
Raquel Coello Cremades
Raquel Coello Cremades, PhD in International Economy and Development and a Master’s Degree in Gender and Development. Since 2017 she works as Regional Policy Specialist on Economic Empowerment at UN Women Regional office for the Americas and the Caribbean. Between October 2005 and June 2011, she was the regional coordinator of the UN Women/UNIFEM‘s Latin-American Gender Responsive Budgeting Programme. She has over 20 years of experience working as an advisor, researcher and trainer in the area of women's economic empowerment and gender responsive economic policies and budgets in more than 20 countries of Latin America, Africa and Europe. In the academic filed, she coordinated the Specialized Course in Fiscal Policy and Gender Responsive Budgeting of the PRIGEPP for FLACSO-Argentina and teaches regularly in several Postgraduate courses in Latin-America and Spain. She is also part of the International Working Group of Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economy (GEM-IWG).