NHRI Guidelines for Mainstreaming the Human Rights of Women and Girls into Our Everyday Work have been heard, and will enable diverse views to be expressed and balanced.18 By checking the information gathered during group activities with participants, the facilitator will ensure that it is accurate and that it is owned by the group as a fair representation of their contributions. Effective interviewers, whether in formal or informal situations, will listen well, ask questions that draw people out, seek clarification and encourage examples. If survey methods are used, attention needs to be given to crafting the survey questions. The right questions need to be asked in order to collect useful and accurate information. It is good practice to systematically collate the information and identify key themes as the audit progresses. This is particularly valuable when monitoring the progress of the audit, to ensure the information being gathered is useful. It also ensures that analysing and reporting on the findings can happen in a timely manner following the audit. OUTPUT A audit has been carried out that provides in-depth and robust information about the extent to which gender mainstreaming is understood and applied within the NHRI. 2.3.5. Reviewing, analysing and reporting the outcomes of the NHRI gender audit In order to maintain momentum and commitment to the gender mainstreaming strategy, it is important to consider and report on draft findings as soon as possible after the audit. A lot of information will be gathered during the audit and the final report could take a while to prepare. However, and particularly if information has been collated and themed during the audit, the gender mainstreaming team will be able to prepare a draft summary that includes: • Key findings on what the NHRI does well and what it could do better to effectively gender mainstream the NHRI • Draft recommendations to address the gaps. The team should discuss the draft summary with the senior leader/s of the NHRI to enable a discussion of the audit findings and proposed strategies and actions. Buy-in at senior level is key to the successful progression of the next stages. This discussion could also involve deciding how and when to communicate the draft summary to the relevant teams/groups within the NHRI, particularly to those who participated in the audit. These discussions will contribute to preparing and refining the final report. The final report should be prepared by the gender mainstreaming team as soon as possible. This is the basis for the next step in the NHRI’s gender mainstreaming strategy. Once completed it is important that the report’s findings and recommendations are communicated across the organisation and that opportunities to discuss the implications of the report are facilitated. OUTPUT An audit report that provides in-depth information about the extent to which gender mainstreaming is understood and applied within the NHRI. This will inform how the NHRI continues its gender mainstreaming work and will be the basis for further comparative audits. 22