Summary

This book explains the concept of Gender Mainstreaming (Pengarusutamaan Gender/PUG) and its derivative, Gender-Responsive Planning and Budgeting (Perencanaan dan Penganggaran yang Responsif Gender/PPRG), within the context of Indonesia's development policy.

Key points:

1. Definition of PUG — a strategy to integrate a gender perspective across the entire development policy cycle (planning, formulation, implementation, monitoring, evaluation), so that the allocation of development resources becomes more effective, accountable, and fair for both women and men.
2. Definition of PPRG — planning and budgeting that considers four aspects equally between women and men: access, participation, control, and benefits. PPRG is explicitly not a process separate from the existing system, not a special budget just for women, and not an end in itself — rather, it is a framework or analytical tool for achieving fairness in the distribution of development benefits.
3. Legal/policy basis:
4. • PUG is one of 3 national strategies under the 2010-2014 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN), Book II, Chapter I.
   • The requirement to conduct gender analysis prior to regional development planning is mandated under Government Regulation No. 8/2008, Article 33 paragraph 3.
   • PPRG is an implementation of Performance-Based Budgeting (PBK) — incorporating gender components into inputs/outputs/outcomes, and integrating equity indicators as performance indicators, following considerations of economy, efficiency, and effectiveness. The result is referred to as Gender-Responsive Budgeting (Anggaran Responsif Gender/ARG).
   • Acceleration of PPRG implementation is supported by a Joint Regulation from 4 ministries/agencies: Bappenas (National Development Planning Agency), the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (KPP&PA) — on the National Strategy for Accelerating Gender Mainstreaming through PPRG, followed up with implementation guidelines for PUG through PPRG at the regional level.

In essence, this book lays out the conceptual foundation and legal framework of PPRG as an instrument to ensure that government policies and budgets — at both the central and regional levels — fairly address the needs of women and men.