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Expanding Trade: Empowering Women. Are we missing a trick? Why gender matters for trade?

Expanding Trade: Empowering Women. Are we missing a trick? Why gender matters for trade?. Dr Katja Jobes Social Development Adviser Aid for Trade Team Trade Policy Unit DFID June 9 2010 Washington World Bank. The Gender Inequality Challenge.

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Expanding Trade: Empowering Women. Are we missing a trick? Why gender matters for trade?

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  1. Expanding Trade: Empowering Women. Are we missing a trick? Why gender matters for trade? Dr Katja Jobes Social Development Adviser Aid for Trade Team Trade Policy Unit DFID June 9 2010 Washington World Bank

  2. The Gender Inequality Challenge 70% of the world’s poor are women and girls Source: Langerkamp, ITC 2009

  3. Women play a crucial role in economic production & trade as producers, workers, consumers, cross border traders …………….. • 80% of the world’s 50 million jobs in export processing zones are held by women • The labour force is predominantly female in major export industries, such as light manufacturing, garments, horticulture and food production • Women dominate the agricultural sector and produce more than 50% of the world’s foodstuffs. In Kenya women account for 75-89% of the agricultural labour force. In Southeast Asia women provide 90% labour in rice cultivation • 30 - 40% of regional trade in Southern Africa is informal cross border trade at a value of $17.6 billion per year. 70% of informal cross-border traders are women Source ITCFU 2005 ICRW 2008, Williams 2003,Unifem 2009

  4. The economy as a gendered structure … Pictures courtesy Marzia Fontana

  5. The economy as a gendered structure … Pictures courtesy Marzia Fontana

  6. Picture courtesy Ros Eyben The economy as a gendered structure ……..

  7. Trade - Gender Linkages & Mediating Factors Public services Provision Employment • Production Factors • Land & capital • Human capital, labour, education & skills Mediating Factors Income Impacts Trade Working conditions Consumption Other institutional, social and cultural factors Intra-household dynamics and women’s empowerment Comparative advantage

  8. Top tips for gender mainstreaming in trade support/ AfT programming Integrate gender in project cycle management & diagnostic tools through sex disaggregated data & social analysis. Integrate gender analysis as far as possible in all trade work areas Ensure consultations involve male and female stakeholders – entrepreneurs, producers, traders, exporters and workers, consumers. Ensure governance, management and team structure of programs include gender and social development skills and capacity mix. Improve collection of sex-disaggregated data and use of gender analysis. Facilitate regional, small-volume trading

  9. Concrete Entry Points • Trade policy & trade agreements • Diagnostic tools and analysis – DTIS, Trade and Export Strategies, export competitiveness diagnostics • Trade Facilitation – e.g. border audits, corridor diagnostic tools • Demonstrating Results: M&E and Gender impact assessment – incl baselines development, disaggregated data

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