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Toolkit on Gender Mainstreaming in Council of Europe Monitoring Mechanisms

Last Updated
23 April 2026
Source
Council of Europe

Resource Tags

Content Types:

Checklist Guidance

Relevant Driver(s):

2. Developing accountability and transparency 3. Ensuring effective regulatory and policy environment

Specific Action(s):

2B. Create governance frameworks 2C. Collect and use diversity data 2D. Report on progress regularly 3A. Understand legal obligations 3B. Develop equality and human rights policies

Implementation Levels:

Advanced
Development

Prior Knowledge Required:

Intermediate

Organisation Size:

Large

Sector:

Government

Role:

Analysts Equality/Diversity/Human Rights Specialists Legal & Compliance Staff Policy Officers/Makers Senior Leaders/Management

PSED Needs:

Advance equality of opportunity Eliminate discrimination

Protected Characteristics:

Sex

Resource content

A toolkit from the Council of Europe’s Gender Equality Division to help its 22 monitoring mechanisms embed gender mainstreaming into their processes, country visits, reporting, and internal guidelines. Includes a practical checklist of gender mainstreaming actions for monitoring, inspection, and oversight bodies. Developed in response to a formal recommendation to strengthen gender mainstreaming across Council of Europe monitoring.

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