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

 
Gender
20 December 2019Policy to help African women benefit from cross-border trade endorsed
African women engaging in informal and small-scale cross-border trade stand to benefit from policy suggestions emanating from UNCTAD's Borderline project.
Woman
26 November 2019UNCTAD empowers women in informal cross-border trade
"Borderline" project equips women with information on trade procedures, helping them reduce business costs and expand opportunities.
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.
 

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 Publications

 
Comparing Global Gender Inequality Indices: Where is Trade? - UNCTAD Research Paper No. 39 (UNCTAD/SER.RP/2019/11)
19 Dec 2019, 521.0 KB
Gender-sensitive policy recommendations to support women cross-border traders in Malawi, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia (UNCTAD/DITC/INF/2019/1)
05 Dec 2019, 3691.8 KB
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
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