I think the sense for them was to first get it embedded solidly in one area and then start expanding it out. I'd be hesitant to use terms like “there's a long way to go or there isn't”, because it's quite relative.
As far as what other countries are doing, you'd have to see how they compare with different approaches. I think the message might have been clearly delivered the last time you heard from experts on gender budgets that there is no magic bullet and no one approach works well for everybody. Even some countries that were doing it in the early 1980s stopped and are now picking up different approaches again.
Not to belabour the point, but it really would be good for Finance to talk to you at that level.