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Long Summary |
| Title |
Trade Impact Review |
| Author |
Gammage, S., Jorgensen, H., and McGill, E. with
White, M. |
| Publication
Date |
January 2002 |
| Publisher |
Women’s Edge Coalition |
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Long Summary |
This tool provides an extensive overview of the
literature and frameworks to analyse gender-differentiated impacts
of new trade and investment agreements undertaken by the US prior
to their negotiation and signing. A framework is then proposed that
accounts for both the economic as well as legal effects of trade agreements
on women and men. The legal context is explored through an examination
of the content of agreements for gender-bias and whether any implementation
or enforcement mechanisms may prove disadvantageous to women. An analysis
of how trade agreements might conflict with existing laws or international
commitments that protect women's rights is also crucial.
The framework is then used to draw out the social and gender implications
of trade and investment agreements. In manufacturing, for instance,
trade liberalisation has meant that manufacturers have had to drive
down costs to compete, where jobs and wages for women have been outsourced,
leading to lower wages and job instability. The paper concludes with
policy recommendations including the need for a complete gender and
social impact assessment of US trade and investment commitments. This
should involve gender-disaggregated analysis of both commitments made
by the US as well as those of its trading partners, and should involve
a range of stakeholders such as the Departments of Labor, Education
and Health, as well as women's, international development and environmental
NGOs.
For more information on the Women's Edge Trade Impact Review see article
in the Gender and Development In Brief bulletin in the BRIDGE Gender
and Trade Cutting Edge Pack. |
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