The NHRI may decide it does not have adequate internal capacity or capability and may choose to engage external technical advice and support for some, or all, of stages of the gender mainstreaming strategy. This would be a facilitative role, with the NHRI retaining ownership and leadership of the work. A logic model is a useful tool when planning and designing a gender mainstreaming strategy. A logic model helps identify what the NHRI is trying to achieve and how it should be done. It identifies the resources, the participants and the potential collaborators. It also identifies the methods and tools that will best achieve the outcomes and the processes for monitoring and evaluation. In its simplest form, a logic model helps you: • Assess a human rights situation: situation analysis. • Determine what a positive result would be: outcomes. • Decide how you will achieve the result: resources (inputs) and activities (outputs). • Know when you have achieved the result: indicators. Hungry and sick (SITUATION) Food (INPUT) Eating (OUTPUT) Happy and healthy (OUTCOME) Plan and design a gender mainstreaming strategy STEP 1: REVIEW THE CURRENT SITUATION – UNDERTAKE A GENDER AUDIT Before an NHRI begins to develop a gender mainstreaming strategy, it needs to take stock of the ‘now’, the current situation. It needs to understand, from multiple points of view, to what extent gender equality is built into its existing processes and activities. The first step, therefore, in the planning stage of a gender mainstreaming strategy involves undertaking a review of the NHRI. This review could be called a gender audit, a gender impact assessment, a gender analysis or something similar. There are a number of gender equality review tools available. Some of these are listed at the end of this section. For the purpose of these Guidelines, the gender equality review tool is referred to as the NHRI gender audit. 2.3.1. The purpose of the NHRI gender audit A gender audit is useful for understanding the current situation. It helps determine the extent to which gender mainstreaming is understood and acted on by staff and NHRI members. It also offers the NHRI an opportunity to increase its understanding of gender equality and to work across the organisation to strengthen its practices. Specifically, the purpose of the NHRI gender audit is to: • Establish a baseline of information against which progress can be compared • Identify what the NHRI does well and what it could be doing better • Recommend strategies and activities to address the gaps Section 2: Developing an NHRI gender mainstreaming strategy | 19