The Chilean State began applying the gender perspective in its Public Sector Budgets in 2002 at the initiative of the National Women’s Service. In partnership with the Ministry of Finance, the “Gender Approach” area was created as an additional area of the Management Improvement Programme (PMG) so that public institutions could promote and incorporate equal opportunities for men and women in the delivery of their services (products). The gender PMG resulted in a sustained increase in the budget allocated to women beneficiaries of government programmes and has drawn attention to gender gaps, inequalities, and barriers in decision‑making processes to achieve equality in that field.

Since 2015, the Ministry of Women and Gender Equality (MMEG) has been the institution in charge of providing technical advice to incorporate gender equality criteria in budgeting processes at the national level.

The Budgets Directorate (DIPRES), in turn, analyzes variables and parameters associated with the gender perspective as part of the design and evaluation of budgets and makes sure the gender perspective is present in all public policies.

On the other hand, since 2008, the Management Evaluation and Control System has included in its repertoire of instruments an ex-ante evaluation line for the Design of Public Programmes, which facilitates the inclusion of the gender approach, among other things. The System also includes the gender approach in the ex-post evaluation.

In 2021, the Annual Public Budget Law established that each public institution has the obligation to inform the Special Mixed Commission on Budgets of all the actions in the area of gender equality implemented by them.