Gender and Trade

The Trade, Gender and Development Programme assists member countries in enhancing their understanding of the links between trade and gender, in conducting gender impact analyses of trade policies and agreements, as well as in the formulation and implementation of gender-sensitive trade policies through its many activities including research and analysis, technical cooperation and intergovernmental dialogues.

 
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Analysis-Based Technical Cooperation

Since 2010, the Trade, Gender and Development Programme has worked with developing and least developed countries to analyze the impacts of trade and trade policy on gender equality and women's well-being; to provide technical assistance to raise policymakers' awareness of the gender ramifications of trade; and to support them in the formulation of gender-responsive trade policies.

horticulture and tourism sectors of Myanmar
PACER Plus Agreement
Cross-border Trade
Mainstreaming Gender into Trade Policy
E-learning Courses
Trade Policy through a Gender Lens
 
 

 News

 
Trade and Gender
29 March 2019Trade deals can be a tool for women's empowerment
International trade agreements can be harnessed to boost gender equality, policymakers and analysts say, provided negotiators get things right.
CSW 2019
15 March 2019Gender and trade spotlighted at UN Commission on Status of Women
An UNCTAD and Gender Trade Coalition event at the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women called for more gender fairness in trade policy.
Woman's Day
08 March 2019Sustainable African design in focus on Women's Day
As ethical fashion rises it may balance the scales of a trillion-dollar industry where women are the main consumers and employees but don't have a seat at the table.
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 Publications

 
Trade and Gender Nexus in the Context of Regional Integration - A Comparative Assessment of the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) (UNCTAD/DITC/2019/2)
15 Apr 2019, 18946.1 KB
Making Trade Policies Gender-Responsive: Data Requirements, Methodological Developments and Challenges (UNCTAD/DITC/2019/1)
08 Mar 2019, 2312.3 KB
Borderline: Women in Informal Cross-border Trade in Malawi, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia (UNCTAD/DITC/2018/3)
08 Feb 2019, 7173.7 KB
Teaching Material on Trade and Gender: Module 4C, Trade and Gender Linkages: An Analysis of MERCOSUR (UNCTAD/DITC/2018/2)
14 Jan 2019, 1318.3 KB
Better Data and Statistics for Gender responsive Trade Policy - UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 70 (UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2018/7)
02 Oct 2018, 899.9 KB
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