As a general principle, gender budgeting is to be applied throughout the budget process. This is steered via the budget circular instructions. It is widely accepted and implemented in the ministries at desk level as well as supported by political commitments.   For policy areas where clear gender equality challenges are manifested, such as for example the higher rate of long-term sick leave for women, the gender pension gap, the gender care gap, women�s lower participation in paid work/the labour market, and other challenges that are identified in the area of gender equality, the Government allocate specific recourses to fund targeted policy measures in order to progress towards gender equality.   However, there is room for improvement, as more policy areas should take gender budgeting into consideration more often to sufficiently address identified gender equality challenges, re-allocate resources for larger impact. Gender budgeting principles should be further operationalized and should more frequently influence policy design.