Full Description
Trade policies create both 'winners' and 'losers', as some actors stand to benefit and others are left behind. More often than not, it has been women who have borne the negative impacts of international trade policy and it is thus imperative that future trade policy is negotiated and implemented with an eye toward women's interests. This collection represents an innovative systematic evaluation of the debate relating to international trade law, policy, and gender equality. It analyses the role of WTO as a trade policy setter, current debates and possibilities for gender-inclusive trade agreements and emerging topics such as e-commerce and gender-responsive standards. With a range of interdisciplinary contributions and national and regional case studies, this collection offers a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of the intersections between trade law and gender, and is vital to ensuring that both men and women 'win' from trade policy in the future. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Contents
1. Introduction Amrita Bahri, Dorotea López and Jan Yves Remy; Part I. 'WTO and gender equality': 2. Gender responsive WTO: making trade rules and policies work for women Anoush der Boghossian; 3. Advances in feminising WTO Mia Mikic; 4. Global economic governance and women: why is the WTO a difficult case for women representation? Judit Fabian; Part II. 'Current Issues in Gender Equality and Trade Policies': 5. Women in the LDCs: how to build forward differently for them? Simonetta Zarrilli; 6. Gender-Inclusive governance for e-commerce, digital trade and trade in services: a look at domestic regulation Amalie Giødesen Thystrup; 7. Setting up the table right: women representation meets women inclusion in trade negotiations Maria Sokolova and Matthew Wilson; 8. The importance of gender responsive standards for trade policy Gabrielle White and Michelle Parkouda; 9. Mainstreaming gender in investment treaties and its prevailing trends: the actions of MNEs in the Americas Renata Amaral and Lillyana Sophia Daza Jaller; Part III. 'Regional Approaches': 10. Gender approaches in regional trade agreements and a possible gender protocol under the African continental free trade area: a comparative assessment Katrin Kuhlmann; 11. Leave no woman behind: towards a more holistic gender and trade policy in CARICOM Tonni Brodber and Jan Yves Remy; 12. South America's leadership in gender mainstreaming in trade agreements Javiera Cáraces and Felipe Muñoz; 13. Gender mainstreaming in trade agreements: best practice examples and challenges in the Asia pacific Amrita Bahri; 14. Crafting Canada's gender-responsive trade policy Marie-France Paquet and Georgina Wainwright-Kemdirim; Bibliography; Index.
