A/HRC/19/53 (h) Provides for the collection of gender-sensitive and gender-disaggregated data which can serve as a tool for evaluation and measurement of women’s actual enjoyment of their right to adequate housing. 64. States should also amend or repeal domestic legislation related to family and marriage which discriminates against women, so as to ensure that women and men have equal powers in all matters related to housing and land. Seemingly genderneutral concepts or standards which discriminate against women in practice – such as the application of the “head of the household” concept – should similarly be rescinded. 65. States should eliminate discrimination against women and girls in all matters related to inheritance, so they benefit from inheritance on an equal footing with men and boys. States should ensure that the application of customary law and practice does not interfere with the basic right of women and girls to gender equality, including in matters related to housing and land, such inheritance. 66. States must refrain from the practice of forced evictions, and protect women against forced evictions at the hands of private actors and third parties. Violence against women carried out within the context of eviction must be vigorously prevented and sanctioned. 67. States should also ensure that police units operating at the local level are adequately supported to assist women victims of property grabbing and domestic violence, including the removal of perpetrators from the home and the recovery of stolen property. States should also ensure that emergency shelters are available and accessible to women, and that women who are victims of domestic violence are specifically able to benefit from transitional housing programmes and social housing programmes. 68. Housing law, policy and programming should explicitly recognize the independent right of women to security of tenure, irrespective of their family or relationship status. 69. Housing law, policy and programming should also recognize joint or coownership of housing and land, and ensure that women have the legal literacy and legal resources needed to effectively claim and enforce their rights. 70. States should ensure that housing includes water points and sanitation facilities available for and accessible to women, ensuring women their rights to water and sanitation, as well as to health. States should also ensure that housing is adequately located in order to provide women with access to employment options, health-care services, schools, childcare centres and other social facilities, such that they are nondiscriminatory, adequate, available and fully accessible to women and girls. 71. Definitions of affordable housing should take into account any gender disparity in income and access to financial resources, and prioritize the allocation of social or public housing to those who cannot afford the cost of housing. States should ensure within the framework of housing law, policy and programming that women are able to access other financial resources needed to obtain adequate housing, including loans, credits, and/or vouchers, etc. 72. States should actively promote women’s equality in all matters related to housing and land and combat discriminatory attitudes within the broader society through media campaigns, public education and outreach, and discussion of these issues within public forums. 73. States should raise awareness about women’s right to adequate housing amongst targeted audiences, including traditional, religious and customary leaders; 19