Facilitating an NHRI Gender Audit
The next stage is to analyse the data to find out what it says about the extent to which gender equality is built
into the systems and processes of your NHRI.
Section 3.1 will give you an overview of the data analysis process then walk you through how to make sense of
the data you have collected.
For more comprehensive information on how to analyse data you can access the two resources in the text
box below.
How to analyse data
Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning: Guidelines for NHRIs. Asia Pacific Forum (2020)
www.asiapacificforum.net/resources/monitoring-evaluation-accountability-and-learning-guide-nationalhuman-rights-institutions/
How do I use data? A guide for National Human Rights Institutions. Regional Rights Resource Team,
Pacific Community (2020).
3.1 Data analysis process - an overview
Most data can be analysed through a five-step process, as shown in Figure 25:
Figure 25: Five-step data analysis process
Step 2
Step 1
Step 3
Revisit audit
Review
Decide method
purpose
the data
of analysis
& questions
Step 5
Step 4
Interpret
Do the
the results
analysis
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