4 HANDBOOK FOR NHRIs ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUALITY 4.2 LEGISLATION AND POLICY.......................................................................................49 4.3 NATIONAL ACTION PLANS........................................................................................49 4.4 GENDER MAINSTREAMING......................................................................................50 4.5 WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL AND PUBLIC LIFE....................... 51 4.6 GENDER-RESPONSIVE BUDGETING....................................................................... 53 4.7 LIAISON WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS......................................................... 53 5 CO-OPERATION WITH CIVIL SOCIETY................................................ 55 6 PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FORUMS........61 6.1 OVERVIEW....................................................................................................................... 61 6.2 THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL...............................................................................62 6.3 THE UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN.......................................66 6.4 ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE.............67 7 ORGANIZING NHRIs TO ACHIEVE WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUALITY........................................................................................... 69 7.1 OVERVIEW.......................................................................................................................69 7.2 PLANNING AND PRIORITIES....................................................................................70 7.3 GENDER MAINSTREAMING...................................................................................... 74 7.4 INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND FOCAL POINTS..................................................... 74 7.5 INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP................................................................................. 76 7.6 INTERNAL GENDER-RESPONSIVE BUDGETING................................................. 77 7.7 HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT....................................................................78 7.8 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT...................................................................................80 7.9 NHRI ACCESSIBILITY.................................................................................................. 83 8 CONCLUSIONS AND WAY FORWARD.................................................... 87 Annex 1: Results of ODIHR Survey on the Role of NHRIs in protecting and promoting women’s rights and gender equality.......................................................95 Annex 2: Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions (The Paris Principles)..........................................................................................................115 Annex 3: Selected international and regional instruments and standards relevant to the protection and promotion of women’s rights and gender equality issues..........................................................................120 Annex 4: About OSCE/ODIHR.............................................................................................126