CONTENTS: 1. Charter of Gender Budget Cells 1 2. Gender Budget Initiative 3 3. Gender Audits of Budgets with Respect 5 to Women's Health in India Dr. Vibhuti Patel Patel, Director, P.G. S R., Professor and Head, Post Graduate Department of Economics, SNDT Women's University, Mumhai 4. Strategic Alliances: Budget Allocations for 26 the Prevention of Maternal Mortality in Mexico Helena Hofbauer Founder, Center for Analysis and Research, Mexico 5. Gender Budgeting and Women's Empowerment in India 30 Keerty Vogendra Nakray, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences IIT, Miunbai 6. Women's Empowerment: Budget as a Tool to deal with the Gender Gap 53 Prashant Raymus, Research Officer, CEHAT, Mumbai 7. Building Budgets from Below 62 Ahalya S. Bhat, Suman Kolhar, Aarathi Chellappa And Anand. H Sangamma Srinivas Foundation, Banglore 8. Gender Budgeting in Urban Local Bodies (ULPs) 70 Nandini Y. Kapdi. IA & As, Mombai 9. Budgeting for Gender Equality 84 Gender Budgeting -The Overall Framework C.P Sujaya Visting Fellow, Centre for Women's Devplopment Studies, New Delhi