

Gender Responsive Standards Declaration
The declaration is the result of the Gender Responsive Standards Initiative work that started in 2016.
The opening of the Declaration for signature event took place at the Palais des Nations on May 14, 2019. The event was broadcast live on UN TV and actively promoted in Twitter and Facebook.
Standards Bodies interested in becoming signatories, or simply seeking further information on the Declaration or the developments of the Gender-Responsive Standards Initiative, are invited to contact the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6).
Declaration for "Gender Responsive Standards and
Standards Development"
ENGLISH | FRENCH | RUSSIAN | |
SPANISH | TRADITIONAL CHINESE | SIMPLIFIED CHINESE | SWAHILI |
Complete list of standards organizations having signed the Declaration as of 28 January 2021
Link to a dedicated UNECE YouTube Channel where all videos shared by standards organizations can be found
Please find below links to the pictures and videos shared by standards organizations upon signing the Declaration
- Member States SDOs
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Albania - General Directorate of Standardization Georgia - Georgian National Agency for Standards and Metrology Mexico - Dirección General de Normas Spain - Asociación Española de Normalización Argentina - Instituto Argentino de Normalización y Certificación Germany - Deutsches Institut für Normung Moldova - Institute for Standardization of Moldova Sweden - Swedish Institute for Standards Austria - Austrian Standards International Honduras - Organismo Hondureño de Normalización Morocco - Institut Marocain de Normalisation Switzerland - Swiss Association for Standardization Bolivia - Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad Iceland - Icelandic Standards Mozambique - Instituto Nacional de Normalização e Qualidade Thailand - Thai Industrial Standards Institute Bosnia
and Herzegovina - Institute for Standardization of Bosnia
and HerzegovinaIndia - Bureau of Indian Standards Netherlands - Netherlands Standardization Institute Togo - Agence Togolaise de Normalisation Brazil - Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT) Ireland - National Standards Authority of Ireland New Zealand - New Zealand Standards Organisation Trinidad and Tobago - Bureau of Standards Canada - Standards Council of Canada Italy - Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano New Zealand -New Zealand IEC National Committee Turkey - Türk Standardlari Enstitüsü Colombia - Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación Italy - Ente Italiano di Normazione Norway - Standards Norway United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - British Standards Institution Congo - Office Congolais de Contrôle Latvia - Latvian Standard Papua New Guinea - National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology Uruguay - Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas Cyprus - Organisation for Standardisation Lithuania - Lithuanian Standards Board Portugal - Instituto Português da Qualidade Denmark - Danish Standards Luxembourg - Institut Luxembourgeois de la Normalisation, de l'Accréditation, de la Sécurité et qualité des produits et services Rwanda Standards Board Dominican Republic - Instituto Dominicano para la Calidad Madagascar - Bureau des Normes de Madagascar Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standard Ecuador - Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización Mali - Agence Malienne de Normalisation et de Promotion de la Qualité Saint Lucia - Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards Malta - Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority Senegal - Association Sénégalaise de Normalisation Gambia - The Gambia Standards Bureau Mauritius - Mauritius Standards Bureau South Africa - South African Bureau of Standards - International SDOs
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International Organization for Standardization (ISO) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) ASTM International European Committee for Standardization (CEN) & European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) AMFORI Fairtrade International Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS) The Gold Standard The Standards and Metrology Institute for the Islamic Countries (SMIIC) Verra WOCAN (Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management)