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  Trade and gender: opportunities and challenges for developing countries

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2004

  Trade has both positive and negative effects on gender equality. For example, it may bring new employment and business opportunities. However, existing inequalities, such as low skills and gendered divisions of labour mean that any adverse effects of trade liberalisation - including impacts on the labour market and working conditions - are felt more by women.
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  WTO TRIPS Agreement

  International Labour Organization, 2003

  The TRIPS agreement is an overarching framework for a multilateral approach to intellectual property rights (IPR), in force since 1996. TRIPS means that use of plants, micro-organisms, biotechnological techniques, food and essential drugs can be restricted under patent protection.
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  Gender equality and trade-related capacity building: a resource tool for practitioners

  Canadian International Development Agency, 2005

  This publication is aimed at CIDA officers, partners, and development practitioners internationally. It provides a tool to ensure that the differential impact of trade on women and men is understood, and that men and women are able to benefit equally from the new opportunities created by trade liberalisation.
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  Framework for the integration of women in APEC

  Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, 2005

  APEC activities related to trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation and economic and technical cooperation are closely inter-linked and have major implications for women. Women are recognised as critical to the achievement of sustainable economic development in the region - and women's unpaid work constitutes a major contribution to the economy.
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  Best practice guidelines for creating a culture of gender equality in the private sector

  Commission on Gender Equality, South Africa, 1998

  This guide is designed to highlight and promote the involvement of private business in achieving gender equality, including business leaders, policymakers, human resource managers and other business specialists.
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  Action research: garment industry supply chains

  Women Working Worldwide, 2003

  This manual, aimed at researchers, gives practical guidance on how to conduct action research that will promote and support workers' rights, focusing on garment industry supply chains.
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  Identification of economic opportunities for women's groups and communities

  International Labour Organization, 2003

  This guide is designed to support strategies for improved employment opportunities, particularly amongst women. It is aimed at development and community organisations, including women's groups, small business associations, workers' and employers' organisations, as well as in-country staff charged with assisting these groups.
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  Gender mainstreaming in trade and industry: a reference manual for governments and other stakeholders

  Commonwealth Secretariat, 2003

  Gender mainstreaming in the trade sector entails the equal participation and consideration of women and men in every aspect of trade, including in policy formulation, decision-making, in trade operations, access to opportunities for work, and upgrading of skills and career development.
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  Concluding comments of the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); Venezuela

  United Nations, 2006

  Recognising and commending the Venezuelan Constitution, 1999, which establishes the equality of rights between women and men, this document makes recommendations to the State regarding implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Optional Protocol to CEDAW, which was ratified by Venezuela in 2002.
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  INC - Gender Profile: Venezuela (April 2002)

  Canadian International Development Agency, 2002

  Women still face institutional and societal discrimination in Venezuela. This report offers a statistical and policy overview of gender equality at the national level. Though national policy is largely progressive, implementation lags behind.

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