• Impact of trade liberalisation

Gender impact of trade liberalisation

This paper examines the reality of trade in the Americas. It examines the impact of trade and trade negotiations form a critical gender focused perspective. It gives an overview of the different regional trade agreements in the Americas and evaluates them. The second part of the paper explores the linkages between gender and trade.

The paper makes a number of recommendations for women’s movements to consider as they expand their analysis and move towards building alternatives relative to trade and investment:

• review definitions around "social reproduction", "social provisioning" and "human agency" to gain a comprehensive understanding of the factors which contribute to the economy – both informal and formal
• challenge trade and investment policies which are developed which do not review impacts relative to social reproduction, provisioning and human agency
• place trade in the broader context of development economics. Incorporating points 1 & 2 means that goals for trade policy have to be designed in relation to other fiscal and monetary policies - as well as social, economic and political concerns, not as an end to itself
• allow policy space for countries and communities to develop their national and regional development priorities
• ensure that a gender perspective and a broader women’s voice is central to alternative development models.

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