kazakhstan has made important strides in institutionalizing its gender machinery which is led by the national commission on womens affairs family and demographic policy many mechanisms both at the central and at the local levels are already established and kazakhstan must be applauded for these accomplishments yet further steps are needed to clarify roles and responsibilities of different governmental stakeholders and strengthening the capacities and resources of all government agencies and actors namely the secretariat of the national commission on women s affairs family and demographic policy in gendersensitive policy making implementing and monitoring this chapter assesses the overall institutional framework institutions mandates the allocation of resources institutional capacity and accountability mechanisms for furthering gender equality in kazakhstan