consider establishing or strengthening capacity of independent institutions such as independent commissions supreme audit institutions ombuds offices and advisory bodies eg government councils to monitor the implementation of gender equality strategies integrate gender issues in policymaking and facilitate regular reporting audits and measurement to be effective such oversight should be undertaken in a balanced manner and avoid prescriptive approaches to foster continuous improvement while enabling to track progress in gender equality for example based on good practices and as appropriate these measures can include disclosure requirements quotas voluntary targets parity laws alternating the sexes on the party list and linking gender ratios in political parties to their access to public funding promote meritbased recruitment consider positive policies and practices to ensure a balanced representation of men and women in each occupational group in public sector employment and develop concrete measures to ensure the effective removal of the implicit barriers within hiring and staffing processes where appropriate and necessary