79 7 ORGANIZING NHRIs TO ACHIEVE WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUALITY 7.6 INTERNAL GENDER-RESPONSIVE BUDGETING If NHRIs work to encourage the state to undertake gender-responsive budgeting, they should also track their own spending. This approach will allow the NHRI to maintain a focus on women’s rights and gender equality issues, and also to demonstrate the NHRI’s commitment as a  credible and reliable partner. It is only natural that NHRIs should be able to answer questions about how they themselves are allocating resources in the area of gender, given that they are asking others to do the same. This does not mean that funds have to be allocated to a “gender” budget line. Instead, NHRIs should be able to identify how resources are allocated to or directed at programmes and policies aimed at advancing women’s rights and gender quality. Questions to consider ? What steps can the NHRI take to improve a genderresponsive approach to budgeting? (For example, by offering training and orientation to its own staff on gender budgeting.) ? How are budgeting, and gender-responsive approaches to budgeting, addressed during the strategic planning process of the NHRI? ? How does the NHRI report on its budget from a gender perspective? SURVEY RESULTS 17% of NHRIs surveyed report that they track their own internal spending from a gender perspective.