A/HRC/41/43 Gender framework for the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Review whether laws, policies, norms, standards and practices are, directly or indirectly, discriminatory towards women Assess how the State or business enterprise’s current and future actions or omissions might adversely affect women Collect sex-disaggregated data Consider intersectionality Ensure meaningful participation of women and women’s organizations in the assessment process Engage gender-sensitive experts to conduct impact assessments Evaluate the effectiveness of gender-transformative measures and remedies Genderresponsive assessment Rights holders Gendertransformative remedies Offer a range of preventive, redressive and deterrent remedies Engage women’s organizations and gendersensitive experts to identify appropriate remedies Address both specific and systematic abuses affecting women Propose remedies that could change discriminatory power structures and reduce violence against women Engage with Governments and other stakeholders to reform discriminatory laws Gendertransformative measures Make a public commitment to achieve substantive gender equality Practice rights-based empowerment of women Take measures (including affirmative action) to achieve substantive equality and eliminate all forms of discrimination, harassment and violence against women Engage gender-sensitive experts to evaluate the efficacy of measures taken Communicate regularly with stakeholders Collaborate with women’s organizations Sensitize decision makers about gender equality Conduct advocacy for gender equality 11