NHRI Guidelines for Mainstreaming the Human Rights of Women and Girls into Our Everyday Work 2.4. IMPLEMENTING A GENDER MAINSTREAMING PLAN PLANNING & DESIGN • Review the current situation • Agree the desired outcomes • Develop the gender mainstreaming plan EVALUATION • Measure and report on the achievement of outcomes IMPLEMENTATION • Step 4: Carry out the gender mainstreaming plan • Step 5: Review/monitor Implementing a gender mainstreaming strategy STEP 4: CARRY OUT THE GENDER MAINSTREAMING PLAN The NHRI now has a plan for its gender mainstreaming strategy that is based on strong evidence, appropriate to the NHRI’s context, has broad ownership across the NHRI, has clear outcomes and related indicators and identifies what is required for it to be successfully implemented and evaluated. This step involves putting the plan into action. This could take up to 12 or 18 months. As well as ensuring the progress of the plan, the gender mainstreaming team has a role to ensure that it is carried out in a way that is robust and will ensure maximum engagement of all people within the NHRI, acknowledging specifically the three groups identified above19, and any other external people or groups who may be identified as expert informants. A useful framework to use is the 4xA Framework which is based on four broad standards: availability, accessibility, acceptability, adaptability. While the framework is borrowed from the right to education movement,20 it is transferable to other activities. The gender mainstreaming team could check the implementation of the plan against the following questions. • Availability: The plan is in place, but are there skilled facilitators/other experts available to put the plan into action? • Accessibility: Is the plan non-discriminatory and accessible to all? Have steps been taken to ensure women, in particular, are included and fully engaged? 26