1.5 Designing audit areas, questions and methods In section 1.4, you developed the outputs and outcomes that would result from your Gender Audit. Now it’s time to think about the questions, approach and methods that will give you the best opportunity to achieve them. What are the areas you will audit? Section 3 of the Guidelines for Mainstreaming the Human Rights of Women and Girls identifies seven areas of an NHRI’s internal operations and nine areas of its external work where gender mainstreaming may apply. Figure 7: Areas of an NHRI’s internal operations where gender mainstreaming may apply 1. 2. Governance Senior staff leadership/ and strategic management planning 3. 7. Organisation Monitoring and practice 4. 6. Human resource Funding and management/policies resourcing and procedures 5. Organisation structure 20 culture and Culture and Internal Operation Gender Mainstreamed reporting