A/HRC/25/54 6. (h) Police procedures; and (i) Humanitarian assistance, including access to shelter. Promoting women’s security of tenure Both de jure and de facto gender equality are essential to the enjoyment of the right to adequate housing. In this regard, States must strengthen and protect women’s security of tenure, regardless of age, marital, civil or social status, and independent of their relationships with male household or community members. 7. Respecting security of tenure in business activities Business enterprises should take all relevant steps to ensure that: (a) there are no adverse impacts on security of tenure as a result of or in connection with their activities or business relationships; and (b) any adverse impacts are addressed, including through the provision of remedies to affected persons. Business enterprises should ensure transparent, free and fair negotiations regarding any transfer or modification of tenure rights with full respect for the right of people or communities to accept or reject offers. 8. Strengthening security of tenure in development cooperation Multilateral and bilateral development agencies should ensure that their operations and projects promote and do not undermine security of tenure, including by adopting binding safeguard policies that aim to give effect to the right to adequate housing. Such agencies should support States lacking sufficient resources to take all necessary measures to strengthen security of tenure of the urban poor. 9. Empowering the urban poor and holding States accountable Urban poor individuals and communities are essential actors in strengthening tenure security. States should be accountable to the urban poor for the implementation of these guiding principles by, inter alia: (a) Making tenure-related information public and accessible to all in a timely manner; (b) decisions; Ensuring transparency of all decision-making, including reasons for (c) Guaranteeing free, informed and meaningful participation of the urban poor in the design and implementation of measures to secure their tenure status; (d) Developing contextually appropriate indicators and benchmarks against which to measure progress and regressions; and (e) 10. Periodic reporting of progress at national and international levels. Ensuring access to justice Tenure status should not pose a barrier to people in accessing an effective remedy for the violation of human rights. States must ensure access to effective administrative and /or judicial remedies for violations of the right to adequate housing, due to, inter alia: (a) Discrimination on the basis of tenure status, including multiple discrimination; 6