analysis and recommendations to improve governance outcomes. APRM can share successful models of such strategic engagement and encourage peer learning on best practices. • Enhancing the resources and capacities of civil society and State institutions to collect data is important for the production of evidence-based approaches to preventative, protective and assistive interventions for women exposed to conflict. • Inclusive security sector governance programmes is critical to gender justice. Integrating principles of gender equality and mainstreaming in these processes is an important strategy in this regard. • The APRM espouses accountable public service in its reviews and performance targets. It is important for public and private sector institutions to integrate targets to increase the presence of women. Passing laws, budgets and recruitment policies that promote these principles is essential. • Ratification of the Maputo Protocol and reporting on progress towards implementation is key, as well as the Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa and the OAU Refugee Convention. APRM reviews should continue to identify gaps in countries' standards and codes and prioritise their adoption. Economic Governance and Management • Strengthening the capacities of countries to undertake gender budgeting is important in mainstreaming development dividends for women and should be reflected in economic policy frameworks. • Governments should facilitate women’s economic empowerment in the informal sector; sustained measures aimed at transitioning women into the formal economy can help to build their resilience in recovery phases. • Programmes that bolster women, including rural women to earn a livelihood and access production inputs, labour and financial markets on an equal footing with men should be promoted. Corporate Governance 9