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Rulemaking and Governance for Trade Intensification Asian Women's Views
2003This economic literacy pack, the third in this series, is a tool for educating local women's constituencies on trade rules and negotiations. It explores four main themes, firstly 'How the WTO Treats National Health Emergencies in the Rubric of Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)'.DocumentAn Analysis of the WTO-AOA Review from the Perspective of Rural Women in Asia
2003How does the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture (AOA) affect the livelihoods of rural women in Asia? This paper, prepared on the occasion of the WTO-AOA review in 2003, analyzes the impact of the new trading rules imposed by the WTO on Asian peasants.DocumentA Strategic Approach to Gender, Trade Agreements and Trade Policy
2003It is often claimed that trade agreements, policies and liberalisation processes are gender and class neutral. However gender biases in the division of labour, in access to economic resources and in socially prescribed roles, usually impact women more negatively than men.DocumentInternational Gender and Trade Network: WTO Fifth Ministerial Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, September 10-14th, 2003 (Position Papers on Four WTO Issues)
2003The IGTN Advocacy Document for the 5th WTO Ministerial Meeting that was held in Cancun, Mexico in September 2003 focuses on these four issues and identifies critical advocacy positions for each of them.DocumentWomen's Informal Employment in Transition Economies
Institute of Public Finance, Croatia, 2002Women's employment in transition countries, notably Central and Eastern Europe has become increasingly informal and flexible. The first growing trend is that women are more involved in cross-border trade, known as 'suitcase' trade, often keeping women away from home for days or months.DocumentGender and Ethical Trade: a Mapping of the Issues in African Horticulture
Natural Resource and Ethical Trade, 2001Codes of conduct covering employment conditions of Southern producers exporting to European markets increased dramatically throughout the 1990s. As a result producers of horticulture products are faced with a considerable variety of codes, particularly in terms of what gender issues should be addressed.DocumentGender and Citizenship: Learning from South Africa?
Agenda Feminist Publishing, 2001In what ways does political transformation mean a change in meanings and practice of citizenship - in the relationships between individuals and the state? This paper discusses the experiences of women, particularly black women, of citizenship in South Africa, where the new administration promised a new politics based on civil society and universal citizenship.DocumentGoverning for Equity, Gender, Citizenship and Governance
Royal Tropical Institute, 2003This publication comes out of the Gender, Citizenship and Governance programme of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Netherlands. The project aimed to develop good practice in changing governance institutions to promote gender equality, enhance citizen participation and build accountability of public administration systems.DocumentGender Budgets and Beyond: Feminist Fiscal Policy in the Context of Globalisation
BRIDGE, 2003This article is part of a special issue of Oxfam's Gender and Development journal entitled Women Reinventing Globalisation, bringing together insights drawn from the Ninth International Forum of the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). It focuses on the gender-blindness of macro-economic and fiscal policies.DocumentAlternative Report of Cladem Peru on the Implementation in Peru of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
2002This shadow report, led by The Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights -Peru (CLADEM-Peru), contributes to the United Nations Committee that monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).Pages
