I. Quick Guide: World Trade Organisation (WTO)
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Gender advocates are pushing for women's social, productive and reproductive
activities to be accounted for in the development of international trade policies
of the WTO. How successful have they been?
- What Does the Collapse of the Cancun Ministerial Mean for Women's Rights
in Development? Final Reflections on the World Trade Organization's 5th Ministerial
Conference, Symington, A., 2003
Trade policy always impacts on women's rights and gender equality. Yet in official
spaces of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Conference gender analysis and
gender-sensitive proposals were largely absent.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/symington_cancun.htm
- International Gender and Trade Network: WTO Fifth Ministerial Meeting, Cancun,
Mexico, September 10-14th, 2003 (Position Papers on Four WTO Issues), International
Gender and Trade Network (IGTN), 2003
Trade policy continues to overlook the work of social reproduction, or 'the
invisible, unpaid and undervalued work required to sustain the human family
and the human community', which is done predominantly by women.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/igtn_wtomexico.htm
- An Analysis of the WTO-AOA Review from the Perspective of Rural Women in
Asia, Glipo, A., 2003
This paper, prepared on the occasion of the WTO-AOA review in 2003, analyzes
the impact of the new trading rules imposed by the WTO on Asian peasants.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/glipo_wtoaoa.htm
- Trade Intensification in Asia Economies: What it Means to Women's Work, International
Gender and Trade Network (IGTN)-Asia, 2002
A comprehensive economic literacy packet offering analytical insights into changes
occurring in women's work in Asia as a result of trade intensification.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/igtnasia_trade.htm
- Trade Liberalisation: Impacts on African Women, GENTA Research Office, 2001
Trade liberalisation processes impact differently on men and women. This paper
analyses the impacts of WTO agreements on women, with case studies from Africa.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/genta_tradeafrica.htm
- IGTN Position Paper on the World Trade Organization (WTO), International
Gender and Trade Network (IGTN), 2001
This advocacy paper sets out the stand of the seven IGTN regions on the WTO.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/igtn_positiononwto.htm
Summaries written by BRIDGE Team members.
More Siyanda resources on Gender and WTO can be found through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/. Please visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes: http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm
Please note that Water will be the next "Quick Guide" theme. We therefore invite you to suggest a resource on this topic for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/
II. Country Focus: Mexico
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Access key gender resources: http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=Mexico,
network with, or find consultants: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=Mexico
from this country.
Ethiopia will be the upcoming country of focus. Users are invited to submit current publications on this country for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/ or, if based in/from Ethiopia, to enter their profile in the Gender Experts and Consultants Database: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm
III. Useful Websites:
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http://www.genderandtrade.net/
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The International Gender and Trade Network (IGTN) was established in 1999 as
an international network of gender advocates actively working to increase the
engagement of the Global Women's Movement in the discourse and negotiations
on regional and global trade and investment agreements. IGTN is made up of seven
regional networks (Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, North America,
and Pacific) of women involved in research, advocacy and economic literacy around
issues of trade and development.
The IGTN website features research on gender and trade, the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA / ALCA), and Cotonou (the new agreement between the European Union and the ACP -African, Caribbean and Pacific - countries) and ongoing WTO negotiations. It also publishes economic literacy resources such as the "IGTN On-line Learning Project: General Agreement on Trade in Services" meant to enable participants to enter advance discussions around the GATS as well as do research, advocacy and economic literacy on the subject. Other sections of the website include: WTO and UNCTAD updates, the "IGTN bulletins" archive and an "occasional paper series on Gender, Development and Trade".
For more information, please contact: secretariat@coc.org
IV. Latest Experts:
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We are pleased to announce that the Gender Experts and Consultants database
now has about 700 entries. Experts from or based in Lebanon, Angola, Spain,
Malaysia, Ivory Coast, Bangladesh, Zambia, and the Netherlands have recently
entered their profiles in the database. They work on many areas including advocacy,
governance, microfinance and poverty issues.
To join the growing list of experts and consultants, go to: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm. You can also search the database here: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/
V. Siyanda Discussion Forums: Sexuality
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We invite you to engage in thought provoking dialogues on topical GAD issues
with users from diverse geographical, ideological and professional backgrounds:
Sexuality Forum:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120031010045342
"What is sexuality??????? We cannot ignore its cross-cultural dimensions
(although that is not to say we should slippage into cultural relativism as
a justification for oppressive constraints on sexuality). So maybe one methodology
could be consultative processes using sensitised action research methods, to
begin a dialogue around the contexts of sexuality mediated by law, customary
laws, global media, family, duty, religion, curiosity, oh and love!"
Excerpt from a recent posting to the forum.
(If you do not have easy or cheap Internet access, please e-mail your contribution to: siyanda@ids.ac.uk and we will post it on the forum for you).
VI. BRIDGE Publications: Spanish version of Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and
Citizenship now on-line
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In addition to English, the pack is now available in Spanish in hard copy and
electronic format at: http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/reports_gend_CEP.html.
The pack is made up of:
- Overview Report - by Shamim Meer with Charlie Sever. External adviser Maitrayee
Mukhopadhyay
- Supporting Resources Collection - summaries of key texts, case studies, tools,
guidelines and key organisations
- Gender and Development In Brief bulletin
Paper copies of the Cutting Edge Pack will be available for sale through the IDS virtual bookshop at: www.ids.ac.uk/ids/bookshop/index.html, or order direct from Gary Edwards, IDS Communications, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Falmer, East Sussex, BN1 9RE, Tel: +44 (0) 1273 678269; Fax: +44 (0) 1273 621202; Email: bookshop@ids.ac.uk
A limited number of packs will be available free to organisations based in the South. Contact BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, UK, tel: 44-1273-877747, fax: 44-1273-691647 e-mail: bridge@ids.ac.uk
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