integration of gender equity activities with mainstream deliverables. 15.9 Recommendation That Forum Councillors: • • Note the briefing paper; and Adopt the APF Gender Policy as set out in Annex 6. ______________________________________________________ Annex 6: APF Gender Policy The Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions will: 1. Promote effective cooperation and collaboration between the APF, national human rights institutions and national and regional human rights NGOs on issues relating to the rights of women; 2. Promote improved recognition of the rights of women within national institutions, both through appropriate structures and effective mechanisms and through relevant training programs for staff and members; 3. Assess and address gender differences and inequalities in their institutions and operations; 4. Define common indicators of gender equity outcomes and regularly monitor and report on these; 5. Support and sustain incorporation of a gender perspective into the mainstream of APF activities; 6. Give priority to the use of sex-disaggregated data and gender analysis in publications and information systems in order to ensure that they reflect awareness of gender equality as a determinant of human rights; 7. Ensure that programmatic and thematic evaluations indicate the extent to which gender issues have been incorporated; 8. Identify, and promulgate information about, good practices on measuring the impact of integrating gender into human rights policies, including the development of indicators and information systems that disaggregate data by sex.