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Declaration on Gender-Responsive Standards and Standards Development

WP6_DeclarationGenderResponsive

The Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6) published the Recommendation U on Gender-Responsive Standards in 2017. This recommendation includes a declaration to which standards development organizations (SDO) can become signatories, reflecting their engagement to develop inclusive standards.

The opening of the Declaration took place at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on May 14, 2019. The event and the recording of the event are available on the event webpage. As of January 2024, there are over 85 signatories.

All SDO (sectoral, national, regional, international, voluntary sustainability standards)… are welcome to become signatories. Please contact the WP.6 Secretariat with the full name of the SDO and the name and title of who would sign the declaration; the secretariat will then prepare a formatted declaration and send to you to be signed. If you are able to come to Geneva to sign, we may be able to organize a small signing ceremony.

There is a UNECE YouTube Channel with videos shared by SDOs on their signing of the declaration and on their gender action plans.

The full text of the Declaration for Gender-Responsive Standards and Standards Development is available in the following languages:

ENGLISH FRENCH RUSSIAN
SPANISH TRADITIONAL CHINESE SIMPLIFIED CHINESE SWAHILI

The full list of signatory SDOs and their respective Gender Focal Points is provided below.

Member States Signatories (A to M)

Country

Standards Development Organization

Gender Focal Point

Albania

General Directorate of Standardization (DPS)

Konstanca Dedja

Argentina

Instituto Argentino de Normalización y Certificación (IRAM)

Analia Purita

Australia

Standards Australia

Lauren Russo

Austria

Austrian Standards International

Joanna Gajdek

Benin

Agence nationale de Normalisation, de Métrologie et du Contrôle Qualité (ANM)

Leon Dossou

Bolivia

Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad

 

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Institute for Standardization of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ISBIH)

Biljana Baljaj

Botswana

Botswana Bureau of Standards                                           

 

Brazil

Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT)

Karina Nazello

Cameroon

Agence des Normes et de la Qualité (ANOR)

Gisèle Beleck à Koung

Canada

Standards Council of Canada

Michelle Parkouda

Colombia

Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación

 

Congo

Office Congolais de Contrôle

 

Costa Rica

Instituto de Normas Técnicas (INTECO)

Alexandra Rodríguez

Cyprus

Organisation for Standardisation (CYCERT)                        

 

Czech Republic

Czech Agency for Standardization (CAS)

  • Pending final signature (expected Sept 2023)

Zdenka Slana

Denmark

Danish Standards

Dorte Kulle

Dominican Republic

Instituto Dominicano para la Calidad

Mercedes Suero

Ecuador

Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización (INEN)

Elizabeth Guerra

El Salvador

Organismo Salvadoreño de Normalización

Yarina Colinders

France

Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR)

Paul Passerat

Gambia

The Gambia Standards Bureau

 

Georgia

Georgian National Agency for Standards and Metrology

Ekaterine Labadze

Germany

Deutsche Kommission Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik (DKE)

Alena Widder

Germany

Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN)

Sari-Winasis Basuki

Honduras

Organismo Hondureño de Normalización

Karla Suazo

Iceland

Icelandic Standards (IST)

Haukur Logi Jóhannsson

India

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

Rachna Sehgal

Ireland

National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)

 

Israel

Standards Institute of Israel (SII)

Einat Stein

Italy

Comitato Electtrotecnico Italiano (CEI)

 

Italy

Ente Italiano di Normazione (UNI)

Paola Travaini

Kazakhstan

KazStandard

Akoty Mukasheva

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstandard

Elmira Abasbekova

Latvia

Latvian Standard (LVS)

Kaspars Milaševičs

Lesotho

Lesotho Standards Institute (LSI)

Karabo Mosala

Lithuania

Lithuanian Standards Board (LSD)

Vaclovas Jonevicius

Luxembourg

Institut Luxembourgeois de la Normalisation, de l’Accréditation de la Sécurity et qualité des produits et services (ILNAS)

Victoria Mletzak

Madagascar

Bureau des Normes de Madagascar

 

Mali

Agence Malienne de Normalisation et de Promotion de la Qualité (AMANORM)

 

Malta

Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (MCCAA)

George Cutajar

Mauritius

Mauritius Standards Bureau (MSB)

 

Mexico

Dirección General de Normas (DGN)

 

Moldova

Institute for Standardization of Moldova

 

Montenegro

Institute for Standardization of Montenegro (ISME)

 

Morocco

Institut Marocain de Normalisation (IMANOR)

Basma M’Lahfi

Mozambique

Instituto Nacional de Normalização e Qualidade (INNOQ)

Member States Signatories (N to Z)
Country Standards Development Organization Gender Focal Point
New Zealand New Zealand Standards Organization Clare Francis
Norway Standards Norway (SN) Ingvild Naess Stub
Papua New Guinea National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology (NISIT) Miriam Namaliu Idok
Portugal Instituto Português da Qualidade (IPQ) Susana Martins
Rwanda Rwanda Standards Board Florence Uwatwembi
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS) Stuart LaPlace
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards (SLBS)  
Senegal Association Sénégalaise de Normalisation  
Serbia Institute for Standardization of Serbia (ISS) Biljana Stepanović
South Africa South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) Sazi Zangqa
Spain Asociación Española de Normalización Monica Sanzo
Sweden Swedish Institute for Standards Karin Lindmark
Switzerland Swiss Association for Standardization  
Thailand Thai Industrial Standards Institute Apassorn Suksai
Togo Agence Togolaise de Normalisation (ATN) Koboy Kamoki
Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) Andia Persad-Maharaj
Türkiye Türk Standardlari Enstitüsü  
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland British Standards Institution (BSI) Stephanie Eynon
Uruguay Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas (UNIT) Claudio Lopez

 

International and Regional Organizations
Organization Gender Focal Point
African Organization for Standardization (ARSO) Philip Okungu
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Grace Bolan
Amfori  
ASTM International Daniel Smith
Comisión Panamericana de Normas Técnicas (COPANT) Kory Eguino
European Committee for Standardization (CEN) & European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) Deborah Wautier
Fairtrade International  
The Gold Standard Martha Djourdjin
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Marianna Kramarikova
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Rachel Miller Prada
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Tracy Tuplin
Rainforest Alliance  
Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC)  
Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS)  
The Standards and Metrology Institute for the Islamic Countries (SMIIC) Sevde Özbey
UL Standards & Engagement (ULSE) Grace Callahan
Verra Sinclair Vincent
Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN) Jeannette Gurung

 

 

 

 

Last update date: January 19, 2024