This report was completed in the framework of the Joint Programme of the Government of Viet Nam and the United Nations on Promoting the Integrated National Financing Frameworks to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and it was supported by the Joint SDG Fund.

The study on the Operational Modality of Various Funds within Federal Governance assesses the status of 12 funds with mandates to respond to GBV and advance GE in Nepal. Funds related to GBV and GE are a central component of the GoN’s effort to advance women’s human rights and equality under law. The study reveals a serious gap between the rights and entitlements that are formally guaranteed to women under law in Nepal, and their ability to experience benefits from these funds.

The marginalization of Dalit women is specifically compounded by the absence of quality education and supportive infrastructure. The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme (KGBVS) was launched to enable girls, predominantly from marginalized communities, to avail upper primary education through residential schooling. Data collected from 12 KGBVs in Aurangabad and Munger districts of Bihar reveal that aspirations of Dalit girls and their parents for quality education remain largely unfulfilled....

Based on a detailed review of 26 countries across the Asia-Pacifi c region, this report concludes that the main strengths of the work on GRB have been changes eff ected in budgetary processes and outcomes. On the one hand, there is strong evidence of GRB improving both the quantity and quality of budgetary allocations for gender equality. Most importantly, GRB work has improved systems to track allocations for gender equality over ...