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, other)… 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)
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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)
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)
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Country Standards Development Organization Gender Focal Point New Zealand New Zealand IEC National Committee 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 Peru Instituto Nacional de Calidad (INACAL) 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
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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) Adriana Martins Fairtrade International The Gold Standard Martha Djourdjin International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Joyce Bleeker 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