To make decentralization a truly empowering process for women , measures need to be taken to integrate a gender perspective into all local policies , planning and budgeting processes , as well as into the political and administrative functions of local governments . For example , in Serbia , the draft strategy for the improved economic status of rural women in the autonomous province of Vojvodina 2012 is being developed by the Provincial Secretariat for Labour , Employment and Gender Equality with assistance from the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ( UN-Women ) .