3.1 Describe your NHRI This section, “About Us”, provides a short overview of your NHRI as it relates to the Gender Strategy. You may include: Identity – Your official name, year established, legal foundation, and GANHRI accreditation status if relevant (for example, “A-status NHRI”). Mandate and role – Your role in promoting and protecting human rights, your independence from government, and your role in advancing gender equality. This may include monitoring discrimination, reviewing laws, and engaging with international human rights mechanisms. National and international context – Your alignment with international human rights commitments such as CEDAW, ICCPR and ICESCR, and your contribution to national priorities and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 5 on Gender Equality. Purpose of the Gender Strategy - Why your NHRI is developing a Gender Strategy and how it strengthens your human rights mandate. Example: Human Rights Commission of Assuwa Established in 2005 as an independent constitutional body, the HRC Assuwa has a broad mandate to promote and protect human rights in line with the Paris Principles. Accredited with ‘A’ status by GANHRI, the HRCA acts as a bridge between the state and civil society, providing oversight, advice, and advocacy on human rights issues. The work of the HRCA involves monitoring, complaint-handling, law reform, policy review, and capacity-building, with a focus on eliminating discrimination and advancing equality. Recognising that gender equality is central to the realisation of human rights, and in line with national priorities and international commitments such as CEDAW and the Sustainable Development Goals, the HRCA has developed this Gender Strategy to embed gender equality across its mandate and to lead by example in advancing equality for all. Gender Strategy Toolkit 2026 48