Facilitating an NHRI Gender Audit
Figure 14 shows a selection of images taken by the UN in the APF’s manual on investigating human rights.
What impression do these images give about the gender of an investigations officer? Who in these images is
‘in charge’? Who has authority?
Figure 14: Example of a review of images9
It is important not to jump to conclusions at this early step in your review (other images in the manual on
investigating human rights, for example, also showed investigation officers who were female). However, note
your findings in the document review template (Tool 7) and as you continue your review you will begin to build
an important data set to answer your audit questions.
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PF (2018 Rev), Undertaking Effective Investigations: A Guide for NHRIs,
www.asiapacificforum.net/media/resource_file/May_2018_Undertaking_effective_investigations_guide.pdf
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