Institutions at Union and State/Regional levels have set up gender mechanisms to strengthen accountability towards gender equality and women’s rights in line with Beijing Platform for Action and CEDAW The outcome will focus on strengthened accountability towards gender equality and women’s rights by institutions at union and State/Regional levels, in line with international norms and standards. The work under this outcome will: (a) enable key government institutions to review/ develop and monitor evidence-based gender-responsive legislative frameworks, policies, systems, procedures, plans and budgets in line with international norms and standards and nationally adopted gender equality commitments; (b) provide women, women's organizations and CSOs at all levels with increased assets, skills, capacities, partnerships to influence and monitor gender-responsive democratic governance and public services; and (c) enable key institutions to operationalize legislation on VAW and other forms of discrimination and human rights violations against women.