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Short Summary
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| Title |
Trade, Gender and Poverty: Listening to the Needs
of Women in Trade Negotiations |
| Author |
Çagatay, N. |
| Publication
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January 2001 |
| Publisher |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
| Donor |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
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Short Summary |
Assumptions about the benefits of trade tend
to be based on gender-blind mainstream trade theories, which ignore
the social relations that mediate the implementation of trade policies.
This paper first examines the relationship between gender and poverty.
It then analyses the impact of trade liberalisation on gender inequalities
(focusing on employment, wages and the care economy) and how the exacerbation
of gender inequalities can in turn negatively affect the performance
of trade policies. The paper goes on to consider the policy implications
of a gender-aware approach to international trade analysis and the
current world trade regime. It concludes that women and men are differently
affected by trade policies; that the impact of gender-based inequalities
on trade policies differs on the basis of the type of economy and
sector; and that a gender analysis is integral to the formulation
of trade policies that enhance, rather than hinder gender equality
and human development. Finally, the paper calls for more country-specific
studies on the gender-differentiated impacts of trade policies, and
on the ways in which gender relations and inequalities affect trade
performance. |
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