germany s ria procedures call for identification and assessment of a series of impacts including impacts on gender equality to combat the lack of adequate technical expertise on gia a challenge for governments in many contexts sweden deploys flying experts who are seconded temporarily by various ministries and departments to aid w ith gias horsburgh there is no legal requirement for an equality impact assessment but the obligation of due regard necessitates attention to the potential impact on equality of policies and practices in this case the equality and human rights commission assumes responsibility for assessing compliance with the equality duties ibid in other settings including japan hungary new zealand and canada gia are expected to be included in broader social impact assessments