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Short Summary
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| Title |
Trade and Gender: Opportunities and Challenges
for Developing Countries |
| Author |
Tran-Nguyen A., and Beviglia Zampetti, A. |
| Publication
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January 2004 |
| Publisher |
UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) |
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Short Summary |
Trade has both positive and negative effects
on gender equality. For example, it may bring new employment and business
opportunities. However, existing inequalities, such as low skills
and gendered divisions of labour mean that any adverse effects of
trade liberalisation - including impacts on the labour market and
working conditions - are felt more by women. Moreover, multilateral
trade rules will also influence the ability of national governments
to implement gender equality policies. This report produced by the
Inter-Agency Task Force on Gender and Trade looks at policy measures
to promote gender equality in international trade relations and ensure
a more equitable distribution of the benefits of trade. Concrete approaches
are outlined including: ways of influencing the World Trade Organization
(WTO); human rights legal frameworks; competition policies; Gender
Trade Impact Assessments; use of information and communications technologies
(ICTs); and gender-specific capacity-building. Recommendations include:
the need to focus on raising women's skills to cope with the loss
of domestic production and the need to adapt to new markets; and the
development of better tools to establish the gendered impacts of trade
agreements. |
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