NHRIs are also guided by focused international agendas such as the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (and subsequent iterations)11, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Agenda (2015) 12, the Amman Declaration and Programme of Action (2012) 13, and the Yogyakarta Principles Plus 10 (2017)14 which build on the first set of principles developed in 2006. Approaches to progressing gender equality Two approaches are used to progress gender equality - gender mainstreaming and gender specialisation. Gender Mainstreaming is a process of assessing gender implications across all activities of the NHRI and implementing strategies to protect, promote and progress gender equality within the NHRI and in its external work. Gender specialisation involves developing and delivering policies, programmes and initiatives that focus on those who experience the most serious gender-based human rights violations, and those that perpetuate these violations. These two approaches are complementary. They aim to ensure that, firstly, gender issues are integrated into the daily thinking and culture of the NHRI and its external work, and secondly, that specific gender inequalities are addressed. The 2024 Gender Baseline Assessment, reported here, covers NHRI activity across both these approaches. Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Beijing + 5, at: https://www.unwomen.org/en/digitallibrary/publications/2015/01/beijing-declaration 12 the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda 13 Amman Declaration and Project of Action (2012) at: https://www.asiapacificforum.net/resources/ammandeclaration/ 14 Yogyakarta Principles Plus 10, at: https://www.asiapacificforum.net/news/experts-release-expanded-yogyakartaprinciples/ and at https://yogyakartaprinciples.org/ 11 Gender Baseline Assessment of NHRIs in the Asia Pacific region – July 2024 16