Gender roles and relations need to be considered when it comes to planning. monitoring and elaborating policies in the urban and shelter sectors. Urban and shelter development planning must take into account gender roles in order to maximize the impact of measures and policies. More gender-sensitive planning and housing policies are required to ensure that housing and urban development projects are more people-friendly and take into account the requirements of men and women. To ensure that the indicators examined in the NUO are truly gender sensitive, they are to pass the following tests: