Welcome to Gender & Trade
Welcome to Gender and Trade (G&T), a web based resource platform interlinking research, advocacy and action across the commonwealth countries with the objective of facilitating and promoting gender sensitive trade policies at the national, regional and multilateral levels.
An initiative of the Commonwealth Secretariat in partnership with Gender and Trade Initiative (GATI) and Department of International Development (DFID), G&T was launched at the 8th triennial meeting of Commonwealth Women's Affairs Ministers Meeting (8WAMM) from 11 to 14 June 2007 at Uganda.
News
• UNCTAD announces research projects on gender and trade
• International Women’s Day Message, Inés Alberdi, UNIFEM Executive Director
• ILO celebrates International Women's Day 2010 - 8
• Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action:Fifteen-year Review and Appraisal
• International Women’s Day is being observed at UN Headquarters on 3 March 2010
• Poverty has a woman’s face – radical change is required
• Women’s Ministers could shape a new paradigm for development
Country Profiles
This is where you can find a wide range of general and specific indicators about each of the 53 Commonwealth member countries.
Case Studies
• Do you know that in Uganda the Water Sector has been able to incorporate gender concerns through strategic planning?More...
• Women act as Backbone of Fishing Activities in Vanuatu. More...
• Sugar exports in Mozambique. More...
• The Barbados Tourism Industry. More...
• Filipino Women in the Rice Industry. More...
