This briefing paper highlights main concerns and opportunities that increased general budget support present for gender equity work in EU partner countries. It discusses what EU gender equity commitments and attempts to operationalize them have to say about how gender responsive budgeting could be used as a tool to engender general budget support. The concluding sections summarize lessons learnt on engendering general budget support through GRB, and provide recommendations for action that women's organizations could advocate and/or support. The publication was written by Lois Woestman for Women In Development Europe (WIDE) in 2009.  It is one of a series of briefing papers developed by WIDE to contribute to the capacity building of women organizations and gender advocates, and promote their involvement in Aid Effectiveness processes.