at present nearly all institutions in the federal public administration are stepping up their efforts to design policies that are geared to narrowing the gender gap in their sectors of government for these efforts to take hold and achieve longlasting impact it is crucial to systematically maximise the use of policy tools such as gender impactassessments genderresponsive budgeting and the collection of genderdisaggregated data that support evidencebased policy making accordingly this chapter examines what tools and mechanisms mexico is currently using in pursuit of its gender equality objectives to that end it references the oecd recommendation on gender equality in public life to provide further guidance on how mexico can ensure inclusive sustainable gendersensitive policies while acknowledging gender equality as a crosscutting objective that supports the country in achieving its national development goals mexico has committed to incorporating a gender perspective in all government actions policies and laws