Women’s rights groups have long been asking for a comprehensive assessment of the gendered impacts of trade rules implemented by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and its multiple agreements which create complex outcomes on the lives of women engaged in different spheres around the world. The reform in the WTO offers an opportunity to present this analysis from the women’s rights perspective, which is based on a sustainable-development model. This can be fed towards recommendations for both structural and content related changes in the WTO of the future while linking trade and domestic macroeconomic policy, supported by sectoral policies.
Organised by the Gender and Trade Coalition– as part of the WTO Public Forum 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland– this event laid out a comprehensive analysis of impacts of the WTO and trade policy on women’s lives in economic, social and other spheres; and identified key elements that a gender-responsive trade agreement of the future should include. Moderated by Katie Gallogly-Swan (Action Aid), the event included the following speakers:
- Ranja Sengupta (Third World Network);
- Rachel Noble (Action Aid);
- Abhijit Das (Centre for WTO Studies); and
- Mariama Williams (The South Centre).
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