SERCOM-3 Gender Action Plan History and Evolution
The Gender Action Plan within the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has evolved over the years to promote gender equality in meteorology, hydrology, and related sciences. Initially formulated in 2007, it was revised in 2015 and updated in subsequent years to include activities such as promoting women's leadership, ensuring gender balance, and reporting progress. The latest revisions for the 2024-2027 period focus on implementing gender actions, building networks of women scientists, and fostering inclusiveness in structures and work plans.
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SERCOM-3 Third session of the Commission for Weather, Climate, Hydrological, Marine and Related Environmental Services and Applications Agenda Item 8 Gender Equality SERCOM Gender Action Plan for the Nineteenth Financial Period Gender Action Day Outcome Statement Bali, Indonesia 4-9 March 2024 Presented by: Raymond Tanabe, NOAA SERCOM MG Gender Focal Point
Gender Action Plan: History and Evolution Originally formulated in 2007, the WMO Policy on Gender Equality was revised and adopted by the seventeenth World Meteorological Congress in June 2015 as Annex to Resolution 59 (Cg-17). Its purpose is to promote, encourage and facilitate gender equality across WMO and to establish a mechanism by which progress can be measured The first WMO Gender Action Plan was endorsed in June 2016 by the WMO Executive Council (Decision 77 (EC-68) Updates to the Gender Action Plan were adopted by the eighteenth World Meteorological Congress in June 2019 (Resolution 82 (Cg-18)), setting priority actions for 2020 2023: approving a target of 40% women representation in governance, systematic collection and use of sex-disaggregated data, strengthening capacity on gender analysis, developing women's leadership skills through Women's Leadership Workshops, promoting women role models working in meteorology, hydrology, climatology and environmental science etc. SERCOM-2 Decision 20 decided to update and align SERCOM s Gender Action Plan with the objectives of the WMO Strategic Plan 2024 2027, the WMO Gender Equality Policy and the updated WMO Gender Action Plan for 2024 2027
Gender Action Plan: History and Evolution Revisions and priority activities for the WMO Gender Action Plan of the Nineteenth Financial Period were agreed in Resolution 39 (Cg-19) Resolution 39 (Cg-19) requested the technical commissions: Continue implementing the Gender Action Plan within their areas of responsibility; Keep strong efforts on building and nurturing networks of women scientists and technical experts as well as invest in their capacity; To share the results of these efforts with members through presentations or case studies; Ensure regional and gender balance and inclusiveness in all structures and work plans as provided in their terms of reference; and Report to the Executive Council and Congress on progress.
SERCOM Gender Action Plan update Following Resolution 39 (Cg-19) request to the technical commissions the activities attributed to Constituent Bodies in the WMO Gender Action Plan were copied into the SERCOM Gender Action Plan to foster consistency and facilitate SERCOM reporting to EC and Congress. Agreed priority activities from Cg-19 are in red. Additional activities designated for the WMO Secretariat and WMO Members were added to the list of SERCOM activities to enhance alignment with Congress requests, these activities are noted in green. Edits to clarify the agreed activities from the Cg-19 WMO Gender Action Plan in relation to SERCOM are indicated in purple. The draft SERCOM Gender Action Plan 2024-2027 was presented and discussed at the second face-to-face SERCOM Management Group meeting held in Honolulu, Hawaii 30 October to 2 November 2023; accepted without comments.
Expected Action Draft Decision 8/1 (SERCOM-3) SERCOM is invited to endorse SERCOM Gender Action Plan for the Nineteenth Financial Period noting the following priority activities: 1.1.1 (b) Encourage Members to: (i) nominate women experts from National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) or other national institutions to WMO governance bodies and their working structures and (ii) increase the representation of women in delegations to sessions 1.3.5(b) Encourage interaction among the Constituent Bodies gender equality focal points, including joint activities, sharing good practice and consolidating learning 3.2.6(a) Develop a women s network and include a subgroup of male allies to learn about and champion improved gender equality 5.3.3(b) Collect and share case studies and good practices in gender mainstreaming
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