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

 
SDG 5
11 July 2019Time to listen to women's voices in agrifood technology
Want agricultural technology to work for women? Involve them in its development.
Goal 5
20 June 2019Trainees from 40 countries complete annual trade and gender course
Participants emerge well-equipped to mainstream gender equality in trade policymaking and committed to narrowing gender inequalities.
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.
 

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 Publications

 
International Trade, Transparency, and Gender Equality: The Case of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus (UNCTAD/DITC/2019/3)
29 Jul 2019, 1433.2 KB
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
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