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    Gender and Trade: Supporting Resources Collection

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    Over the past few years, greater understanding of the links between gender and trade has led to increased research and advocacy around the impact of trade policies on gender relations. Development policies and interventions at the macro, meso and micro levels are beginning to address the gendered inequalities that affect access to the potential benefits of international trade.
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    Gender and Trade Cutting Edge Pack

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    Trade and trade liberalisation have very different impacts on women and men - which can result in fundamental shifts in gender roles, relationships and inequalities. Moreover increasing claims that countries should be enabled to 'trade their way out of poverty' means that there is an urgent need to address how trade can promote gender equality and development.
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    The Effects of Trade Liberalization on Jamaica's Poor: An Analysis of Agriculture and Services

    2004
    Trade affects prices and employment in the labour market and these effects are different for women and men. The Women's Edge Coalition Trade Impact Review (TIR) is a framework to enable trade negotiators, governments and others to forecast the potential benefits and drawbacks of a trade agreement before it is ratified.
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    Rural households and resources: a pocket guide for extension workers

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004
    This guide aims to assist extension and other community-based workers to apply a gender-responsive and participatory approach in their work with rural women and men. It should also be useful for development workers wanting to use the household as an entry-point to think about gender, livelihoods and resources in communities and within households.
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    Employment Policies to Overcome Poverty: Paraguay

    International Labour Organization, 2004
    How can employment policies reduce poverty and promote gender equality? What is the situation in Paraguay? Poverty impacts women and men differently, and is directly related to levels and patterns of employment.
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    Employment Policies to Overcome Poverty: Argentina

    International Labour Organization, 2004
    How can employment policies reduce poverty and promote gender equality? What is the situation in Argentina? Poverty impacts women and men differently, and is directly related to levels and patterns of employment.
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    Promoting Gender Equality. A Resource Kit for Trade Unions

    International Labour Organization, 2002
    This toolkit has been designed to address the challenges faced by trade unions in recruiting and retaining female members and ensuring that trade union policies reflect gender equality goals . Trade unions have a role in protecting workers from all types of discrimination, including that based on gender.
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    GET Ahead for Women in Enterprise Training Package and Resource Kit

    International Labour Organization, 2004
    This training package is designed for ILO partner organisations to promote women's enterprise development, particularly for those women in poverty who want to start or already have a small-scale business.
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    Instruments for Gender Equality in Trade Agreements: European Union - Mercosur - Mexico

    Network Women in Development Europe, 2001
    This document proposes a set of indicators which allow an initial analysis of the effects of trade policies and expansion on women and gender relations. In particular these indicators are instruments with which to evaluate the effects of the EU's current trade policies and of the trade agreements between Mexico and the EU and between Mercosur and the EU.
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    Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA) Social Impact Monitoring Framework

    2005
    Pacific countries are increasingly participating in various trade agreements, both regional and international. To date, the potential social/gender impacts of these trade agreements have not been significantly factored into trade negotiations, nor closely monitored.

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