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WP6: Team of Specialists on Gender-Responsive Standards meeting

WP6: Team of Specialists on Gender-Responsive Standards meeting

Regular Team of Specialists meeting

08 February 2023 12:00 - 14:00

The Team of Specialists on Gender-Responsive Standards (GRS) of WP.6 holds bi-monthly meetings to progress its work agenda and encourage building a network of gender focal points working on gender-responsive standards. The GRS encourages the uptake of guidance such as the Recommendation U on Gender-Responsive Standards and the Guidelines on Developing Gender-Responsive Standards and Standards Development. It develops further guidance to help standards development organizations to effectively roll out gender-responsive standards.

All experts are welcome to join these meetings.

The Team of Specialists was established in 2022 through the 124th meeting of the UNECE Executive Committee in decisions L.13. It is the continuance of the Gender-Responsive Standards Initiative which was established in 2016. More information on this group is available on the group’s web page.

The agenda for this meeting is available at https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2023-02/2023-02-08_Agenda_WP6_GRS.pdf

Report of the meeting