to that end it references the oecd recommendation on gender equality in public life to provide further guidance on how kazakhstan can ensure inclusive sustainable gendersensitive policies the use of such data by the oecd is without prejudice to the status of the golan heights east jerusalem and israeli settlements in the west bank under the terms of international law these tools include integrating evidencebased assessments of gender impacts and considerations into various dimensions of public governance as for example public procurement public consultation and service delivery management and at early stages of all phases of the policy cycle also included is the integration of the gender perspective in all phases of the budget cycle see box in chapter as mentioned in the previous chapters of this review while these targeted actions are important to address identified gender gaps it is one of the many tools that must be used simultaneously to achieve gender equality this is also the case in the recently adopted sustainable development goals sdgs