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sex-disaggregated data about adverse impacts on women’s human rights and consider
additional barriers that women face in accessing grievance mechanisms;
(b)
The remedies provided by these industry-wide or multi-stakeholder grievance
mechanisms should be aimed at redressing not only specific human rights abuses but also
systemic root causes of discrimination against women.
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61.
All effectiveness criteria for non-judicial grievance mechanisms should be
interpreted in a gender-responsive manner, considering especially the intersectional nature
of discrimination faced by women in accessing such mechanisms and in enforcing effective
remedies against business enterprises.
62.
Illustrative actions:
(a)
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms should take targeted measures:
(i)
To ensure that non-judicial grievance mechanisms are accessible to
potentially affected women and enjoy their trust;
(ii)
To address the imbalance of power, information, financial resources and legal
expertise faced by affected communities, including women;
(b)
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms should be gender responsive in dealing
with complaints about adverse impacts on women and ensure that the remedies granted are
in line with women’s international human rights standards;
(c)
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms should collect sex-disaggregated data
and consult women’s organizations and women human rights defenders to enable genderresponsive continuous learning.
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