Gender in Global and Regional Trade Policy - Contrasting Views and New Research
For Further Information, please follow the links below.
- Final Report
- Programme
- Travel to Scarman House, University of Warwick.
- A participant list can be found here.
| Session 1 - Defining the Issues | ||
| Participant | Paper Title | Paper |
| Hameda Deedat | The socio-economic impact of trade liberalisation and employment loss on women in the South African clothing industry | |
| Catherine Hoskyns | Linking Gender and International Trade Policy: Is Interaction Possible? | Paper |
| Gilma Madrid | Women in the cut flower export trade of Colombia | Paper |
| Session 2 - Approaches to Gender and Trade | ||
| Participant | Paper Title | Paper |
| Graham Floater | Trade Negotiations and Decent Work – a Gender Perspective | Paper |
| Janice Goodson Foerde | IGTN and the Gender-Trade-Development Nexus – from the Margins to the Core of the Policy Process | Paper |
| Elaine Jones | Alternative Trade Strategies and Gender | Paper |
| Anh-Nga Tran-Nguyen | Trade and Gender: Opportunities and Challenges | Paper |
| Session 3 - Lessons from Research | ||
| Participant | Paper Title | Paper |
| Marzia Fontana | Survey of research on gender and trade: insights, gaps and coverage | Paper |
| Sarah Gammage | Gender, Trade and Informality – lessons learned from WIEGO and GATE | Paper |
| Veena Jha | Study on the impact of trade and globalisation on gender in India – preliminary research findings | Paper |
| Ann Stewart (Tabled Paper) | Who do we care about? Reflections on Gender and Trade chains. | Paper |
| Session 4 - Practical Initiatives | ||
| Participant | Paper Title | Paper |
| Sarojini Thakur | Capacity for Gender, Trade Policy and Export Promotion – proposals from the Commonwealth Secretariat | Paper |
| Nicholas Hoskyns | Fairtrade, Gender and Grassroots Action - the experience of Nicaraguan coffee cooperatives | Paper |
| Daonoi Srikajon (Tabled Paper) | Supporting Potential Women Exporters - report on initiatives in Thailand to support women craft workers | Paper |
| Session 5 - Economic Partnership Agreements - What are the Gender Issues? | ||
| Participant | Paper Title | Paper |
| Zohra Khan | Gender and Cotonou: implications of the EPAs for gender equality | Paper |
| Karin Ulmer | Benchmarks for a pro-development monitoring of the EPA negotiations | |
| Tom Sharman | Economic Partnership Agreements – where we are with the regional negotiations. A background discussion paper | Paper |
| Notes and Policy Briefings | ||
| Participant | Paper Title | Paper |
| DTI Policy Note | Trade and Gender | Paper |
| Sam Gurney (TUC) | Trade, Labour Standards and Gender | Paper |
| Eva Kaluzynska | DG Trade: Civil Society Dialogue | Paper |