Articles under section " Focus: Gender Equality and Diversity "

Gender equality and diversity (GED) has been part of the WCO’s capacity building agenda since 2013. In 2020, the WCO adopted the Declaration on Gender Equality and Diversity in Customs, an illustration of Customs administrations’ interest in moving this agenda forward. Among other recommendatio...

  Gender equality and inclusion, as cross-cutting issues, are based on recognition that people from different backgrounds and of different genders often have different needs, constraints and preferences, and therefore can be affected differently by policies, regulations and working arrangements...

At Revenue – the name of the Irish Tax and Customs Administration – we are committed to being an inclusive organisation that reflects the diversity of the community that we serve, acknowledges and values diversity, and places equality at the centre of everything we do. This policy supports Reven...

Data gathering One area where we focused some attention in 2021 was in relation to the diversity of our staff. As part of our staff engagement survey programme, for the first time we asked our staff, on an anonymised basis, for details of how they identify themselves under a number of headings, in...

Towards the future Almost 3,000 (44%) of our serving staff have received this training. Human rights and equality training are now firmly embedded in Revenue. Revenue is committed to contributing to the work done in the WCO in this area, and will continue sharing its experience. Customs administra...

Even when they are genuinely interested in empowering women to develop their careers, the organizations and individuals who celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March usually forget all about it as soon as the commemoration is over. The subsequent 12 months see very few – or no – conversat...

Forum members meet on a monthly basis to decide on ways to develop the leadership capability of female staff and to raise awareness among all employees on the crucial role gender diversity plays in an organization. One of its first tasks was to develop a questionnaire to understand how female office...