A/HRC/41/43 (b) States encourage, through a range of effective incentives and disincentives, business enterprises to integrate the gender framework and guidance in discharging their human rights responsibilities under the Guiding Principles; (c) Business enterprises apply the gender framework and guidance in all aspects of their responsibility to respect human rights, namely, making a robust policy commitment, conducting meaningful human rights due diligence and providing for or cooperating in effective remediation, and in contributing to achieving substantive gender equality; (d) Business enterprises ensure meaningful participation of potentially affected women, women’s organizations, women human rights defenders and gender experts in all stages of human rights due diligence; (e) Business enterprises provide support and use their leverage to ensure that all their business partners apply the gender framework and guidance in their operations and respect women’s human rights; (f) Experts and consultants advising enterprises on implementing the Guiding Principles adopt a gender-responsive approach and recommend gendertransformative measures and remedies; (g) Stock exchanges, industry associations and investors take effective steps to encourage businesses to contribute to achieving substantive gender equality in line with the proposed gender framework and guidance and other relevant standards; (h) International financial institutions integrate the gender framework and guidance, including in the conduct of human rights due diligence, in approving any financial support for projects, in monitoring such projects and in dealing with complaints concerning the supported projects; (i) National human rights institutions, civil society organizations, trade unions, women’s organizations, human rights defenders, lawyers, law firms, judges, journalists and academics make use of the gender framework and guidance in their respective roles in promoting substantive gender equality and implementing the Guiding Principles; (j) Agencies, organizations and foundations funding projects to support the dissemination and implementation of the Guiding Principles by States and/or businesses should explicitly integrate a gender perspective in such projects in line with the proposed gender framework and guidance. 13

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