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I. Quick Guide: Trade
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The WTO ministerial meeting in Hong Kong must take into account the social roles
of men and women and the unequal access to resources. These inequalities mean
that trade liberalisation affects them in different ways.
- Gender Equality and Trade-Related Capacity Building: A Resource Tool for
Practitioners, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), 2005
This publication provides a tool to ensure that men and women are able to benefit
equally from the new opportunities created by trade liberalisation.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/cida_tradeequality.htm
- Trade and Gender: Opportunities and Challenges for Developing Countries,
Tran-Nguyen A., and Beviglia Zampetti, A., 2004
This report looks at policy measures to promote gender equality in international
trade relations to ensure a more equitable distribution of the benefits of trade.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/tran_tradegender.htm
- Chains of Fortune: Linking Women Producers with Global Markets, Carr, M.
(ed.), 2004
This book features six case studies from the Commonwealth countries which explore
what strategies have linked women producers with global markets or created jobs
for women in export markets.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/carr_chainoffortune.htm
- Gender Mainstreaming in the Multilateral Trading System, Williams, M., 2003
This book aims to link gender mainstreaming objectives with trade policy through
providing information on the critical issues that need to influence policy.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/williams_mainstreamingtrade.htm
- Promoting Gender Equality. A Resource Kit for Trade Unions, International
Labour Organization (ILO), 2002
This toolkit is designed to address the challenges faced by trade unions in
recruiting and retaining female members and ensuring that trade union policies
reflect gender equality goals.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/ilo_genderequality.htm
- Gender and Trade Indicators, van Staveren, I., 2002
This WIDE information sheet is designed to help measure and monitor the relationship
between trade and gender and consists of indicators which can be applied to
an analysis of trading relationships.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/staveren_tradeindicators.htm
- Trade Impact Review, Gammage, S., Jorgensen, H., and McGill, E. with White,
M., 2002
This tool provides an extensive overview of the literature and frameworks to
analyse gender-differentiated impacts of new trade and investment agreements.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/gammage_tradeimpact.htm
- Gender Primer of Trade and Investment Policies, Sparr, P., 2002
This primer looks at the different impacts of key trade policy measures on men
and women and argues that men and women respond differently to trade policies.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/sparr_tradeprimer.htm
- Trade, Gender and Poverty: Listening to the Needs of Women in Trade Negotiations,
Çagatay, N., 2001
This report analyses the impact of trade liberalisation on gender inequalities
and concludes that gender analysis is integral to the formulation of trade policies
that enhance gender equality.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/cagatay_tradegender.htm
You can find many additional resources on Gender and Trade through the Simple Search function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/
Rights will be the next Quick Guide theme. Users are invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/ Please also visit the archive section to view past Quick Guide themes: http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm
II. Country Focus: China
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- Key Gender Resources (Chinese), Feng, Y., 2005
What are the key recent writings on gender in Chinese? This paper presents an
initial selection.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/feng_resources.htm
- Key Gender Websites (Chinese), Feng, Y., 2005
What are the key gender websites in Chinese? This paper presents an initial
selection.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/feng_websites.htm
Access more gender resources on China: http://www.siyanda.org/search/qlinx-countryfocus.cfm?code=China, or network with experts and practitioners: http://www.siyanda.org/exps/results.cfm?CouOfExp=China
III. Experts and Consultants Database: Trade
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The Siyanda Experts and Consultants Database contains numerous resources on
Trade, such as the following publications:
- Gender Mainstreaming in Development and Trade Policy and Practice: Learning
from Austria, Belgium, and the UK, Painter, G., 2004.
- The Rain God is Angry about the WTO: Indigenous Peoples and the Use of their
Symbols During the Activities against Neoliberal Economic Globalisation (Spanish),
Kalny, E., 2004
- Paved with Good Intentions: Background to the WTO and URAs, Allardice, M.
(co-editor), 2004
For further details on these publications, copy and paste or type the author's
last name into the Name field in the Experts Search page:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/
- View the latest added consultants:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/latest.cfm
- Join the list:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/addexp.cfm
- Search the database:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/
- Edit your existing profile:
http://www.siyanda.org/exps/editlogin.cfm
The Siyanda Gender Experts and Consultants Database, now with over 800 profiles, can be used as a networking tool for connecting practitioners, researchers, activists, students and experts with like-minded colleagues working on similar themes, or in the same geographical location. Those seeking experts for gender-focussed consultancies may also use it.
**Have you networked with or hired someone featured in the Siyanda Experts and Consultants database? If so, then please let us know! Email us at: siyanda@ids.ac.uk**
IV. User Submissions:
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The following resources were suggested by Siyanda users and are now available
through the Siyanda database:
- Employment Policies to Overcome Poverty: Paraguay (Spanish), Valenzuela, M.
(Ed.), 2004
- Employment Policies to Overcome Poverty: Argentina (Spanish), Valenzuela,
M. (Ed.), 2004
- Digital Library on Legal Basis for Positive Action (Spanish), Álvarez,
P. (INFOPOLIS 2000, S.L.), 2004
- Digital Library on Gender Budgets (Spanish), Álvarez, P. (INFOPOLIS
2000, S.L.), 2002
You can locate these publications from the latest additions page: http://www.siyanda.org/newadditions.htm,
or through the Simple Search function:
http://www.siyanda.org/search/ (copy and paste the title without characters
such as ":" ";" and "-" or copy and paste the
author's last name into the "Search Words" field)
V. New: BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack (CEP) on Gender and Trade
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BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack (CEP) on Gender and Trade, BRIDGE, 2005 (English, French,
Spanish and Chinese)
http://www.siyanda.org/static/bridge_cep_trade.htm
The pack includes:
- Overview Report outlining the main issues, examples of good practice and recommendations
- Supporting Resources Collection, including summaries of key texts, case studies,
tools, online resources, and contact details for relevant organisations.
In Brief and the Cutting Edge Pack will also be available in print and online
in French, Spanish and Chinese.
These packs, along with all other BRIDGE publications including In Brief, can be downloaded free from the BRIDGE website at http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk. Paper copies will be available for sale through the IDS virtual bookshop at http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/bookshop/index.html, or from the IDS bookshop, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, Email: bookshop@ids.ac.uk, Telephone: 01273 678269, Fax: 01273 621202. A limited number of copies will be available free on request to organisations based in the South (contact BRIDGE for more details: bridge@ids.ac.uk.)
(All summaries in the update are written or adapted by BRIDGE Team members.
The update is edited by Paola Brambilla)
**The "Siyanda Update" is a monthly newsletter featuring the latest gender mainstreaming resources available on the Siyanda website http://www.siyanda.org/. Siyanda aims to assist busy gender practitioners with locating essential gender mainstreaming resources quickly and easily. It is also an interactive space where gender practitioners can share ideas, experiences and resources with like-minded colleagues.**
All the best,
Ra'ida Al-Zu'bi
Information Officer/Consultant
BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
at the University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE
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