independent monitoring mechanisms such as gender equality or human rights commissions can provide independent recourse to complaints related to genderbased discrimination and oversee the implementation of the gender equality commitments of the government parliaments and parliamentary committees can help provide checks on various government entities and also contribute to the longevity and sustainability of gender equality reform during periods of change in the political environment many mechanisms both at the central and at the local levels are already established and kazakhstan must be applauded for these accomplishments