To achieve all of those objectives, professionals involved in mediation and peacebuilding should
have the tools they need to mainstream the gender perspective in their work. Reports of the United
Nations and of various early warning mechanisms would benefit from the identification and
analysis of empirical data disaggregated by gender and other key factors. Sources for such
indicators are limited and in some cases non-existent. For that reason, as mandates are carried out,
Security Council members and, in particular, donor countries should provide the technical and
financial resources required for the preparation and exchange of such information.