NHRI Guidelines for Mainstreaming the Human Rights of Women and Girls into Our Everyday Work 5. Organisation structure A gender mainstreamed NHRI … Possible actions • Has a designated division, unit or work program focused on gender equality. • Identify specific personnel with responsibility for coordinating gender issues across the NHRI – including facilitating the NHRI gender mainstreaming strategy – and ensure that the position/unit is appropriately skilled and resourced and is mandated at the most senior level of the NHRI. • Has gender mainstreamed strategies, priorities and practices throughout functional and portfolio areas. 6. Funding and resourcing A gender mainstreamed NHRI … Possible actions • Incorporates a gender perspective at all levels of the budgetary process. • Review process and outcomes of budget processes to understand its impact on reducing/ increasing gender equality. • Structures income and expenditure policy and practices to promote gender equality. • Uses special measures where necessary to achieve gender equality in its resource allocations. • Promotes and protects gender equality in its procurement practices and supply chains. • Build in allocations for gender-specific and gender mainstreaming initiatives in budget frameworks. • Strengthen the capability of finance staff to undertake gender budgeting. • Review the NHRI’s procurement practices and supply chains to ensure gender ethical practices. • Report annually on percentage of budget spent on gender mainstreaming. 7. Monitoring and reporting A gender mainstreamed NHRI … Possible actions • Monitors organisational gender mainstreaming performance using gender disaggregated data. • Ensure gender questions are included in annual surveys or questionnaires. • Documents and reports progress toward gender equality in internal and external reporting. • Ensure gender indicators are included in monitoring, evaluation and reporting systems. • Undertakes research aimed at developing an evidence base for its work on gender and the human rights of women. • Identify what percentage of work had a component that was either gender-specific or relevant to gender mainstreaming. • Involves diverse genders in planning and conducting research/data gathering. • Report on gender mainstreaming actions taken, including collecting gender disaggregated data and gender budgeting, in its annual reporting. • Develops measurable outcomes and indicators on gender equality work. • Records, disaggregates and reports on genderbased data. • Includes gender considerations in NHRI reporting processes. • Has staff who are able to apply a gender lens to data gathering and reporting. 38