Gender equality

We promote gender mainstreaming as a key element to achieving inclusive and sustainable development.

Trade Policy through a Gender Lens

E-Learning on Trade and Gender

The Global Debate on Gender

Women in STEM: Changing the narrative

News

Gender and unemployment: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

By Simonetta Zarrilli and Henri Luomaranta, UNCTAD

8 Apr 2021

The blue economy is an ocean of opportunity to advance gender equality

By Dona Bertarelli, UNCTAD Special Adviser for the Blue Economy

22 Mar 2021

Helping cross-border women traders navigate COVID-19 crisis

UNCTAD has equipped women traders in border areas of Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia with the information and entrepreneurial skills they need to survive and recover from the crisis.

9 Mar 2021

Keeping gender equality on the agenda beyond 8 March

UNCTAD Acting Secretary-General Isabelle Durant has launched a new initiative to ensure gender equality issues get the attention they deserve all year, not just on International Women’s Day.

8 Mar 2021

Projects

Data and statistics for more gender-responsive trade policies in Africa, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Enhancing the horticulture and sustainable tourism sectors of Myanmar

Trade and Gender in the East African Community

Women in Informal Cross-border Trade

PACER Plus transparency and trade portals

Recent publications

Multinational Enterprises and the International Transmission of Gender Policies and Practices

Trade and Gender Linkages: An Analysis of Central America

A gender assessment of Myanmar and of the Inle Lake area with a focus on the agriculture and tourism sectors

Women producers in the economy of Kiribati and their participation in inter-island and international trade

Mainstreaming gender equality in investment promotion

The Gender Impact of Technological Upgrading in Agriculture

Events and meetings

Online course on Trade and Gender, with optional module dedicated to MERCOSUR or to the Central American region

22 Mar 2021 - 16 May 2021

What future for women small-scale and informal cross-border traders in Africa? (CSW65 side event)

17 Mar 2021

Online

Online course on trade and gender: The gender impact of technological upgrading in agriculture

23 Nov 2020 - 13 Dec 2020

Online

Celebrating International Women's Day 2020 - Influencing the negotiation table

3 Mar 2020

Geneva, Switzerland

Documents and publications

Multinational Enterprises and the International Transmission of Gender Policies and Practices

UNCTAD/DIAE/INF/2021/1 - 08 Mar 2021

English

Trade and Gender Linkages: An Analysis of Central America

Teaching Material on Trade and Gender: Module 4D

UNCTAD/DITC/2020/2 - 18 Jan 2021

A gender assessment of Myanmar and of the Inle Lake area with a focus on the agriculture and tourism sectors

UNCTAD/DITC/2020/3 - 07 Jan 2021

Women producers in the economy of Kiribati and their participation in inter-island and international trade

UNCTAD/DITC/2020/4 - 06 Jan 2021

English

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Gender equality

We promote gender mainstreaming as a key element to achieving inclusive and sustainable development.

Trade Policy through a Gender Lens

E-Learning on Trade and Gender

The Global Debate on Gender

Women in STEM: Changing the narrative

News

Projects

Data and statistics for more gender-responsive trade policies in Africa, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Enhancing the horticulture and sustainable tourism sectors of Myanmar

Trade and Gender in the East African Community

Women in Informal Cross-border Trade

PACER Plus transparency and trade portals

Recent publications

Multinational Enterprises and the International Transmission of Gender Policies and Practices

Trade and Gender Linkages: An Analysis of Central America

A gender assessment of Myanmar and of the Inle Lake area with a focus on the agriculture and tourism sectors

Women producers in the economy of Kiribati and their participation in inter-island and international trade

Mainstreaming gender equality in investment promotion

The Gender Impact of Technological Upgrading in Agriculture

Events and meetings

Documents and publications