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WP.6 2nd Forum, Annual meeting of ToS-GRS, 24 May 2023
Sharing experiences on implementation of gender action plans for standards development
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Speaker bio
Mrs. Florence UWATWEMBI is the Gender Mainstreaming Specialist at the Rwanda Standards Board and she has more than 13 years of working experience in Rwanda’s Standards and Trade in promoting gender accountability and empowering women’s business owners by exposing them to standardization, conformity assessment and metrology services.
Florence is recognized in the Training of Trainers (ToT) on the Gender Equality Seal for the Private Sector in Africa, Gender Responsive Economic Policy Management, and ISO 45001:2018 Lead Auditor Occupation Health and Safety Management System. She is also a member of ISO Project Committee 337- Guidelines for Promotion and Implementation of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment. Her responsibilities in this role include coordinating the RSB/Technical Committee 058 Gender Equality- Requirements for Promotion, Implementation, and Accountability, participating in the ISO GA Peer Mentorship Program as a Mentor in National Standardization Bodies' Gender Action Plan and coordinating the gender mainstreaming process in standardization, conformity assessment and metrology services.
Florence is a graduate of Economics and has taken professional courses in Project Management Project, Gender analytics for innovation and inclusive analytic techniques. She has gained professional experience and knowledge in gender economics analytics.
Presentation summary
The Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) underlined the strengths that it had after singing the Declaration including the commitment from the leadership, the strong partnership with other governmental institutions responsible for gender accountability, and the overall engagement of Rwanda on gender such as the National Gender Policy of 2021 as well as the gender equality seal programme which allows the private sector to declare their engagement on gender issues. The RSB has done a gender assessment lens focus in order to identify gaps to enact their gender action plan. One of these is to increase the number of women in engineering and standards projects committees. The RSB is currently reviewing its strategic plan with an objective of promoting gender accountability in the areas of standards, certification, testing and metrology.