Trade has the potential to advance gender equality and realise women’s rights by expanding decent work opportunities for women and contributing to sustainable and equitable economic development. However, in many cases this potential has not been fulfilled; trade, and the agreements that establish its rules, have impacted negatively on the lives of many women. In this briefing, GADN discusses these concerns and present recommendations to governments on how to develop trade agreements that promote gender equality.
GADN UK, a WIDE+ member, published this paper that can be read and downloaded here: https://wideplus.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/955d8-gadnmakingtradeworkforgenderequalityjuly2017.pdf