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Judith FESSEHAIE, Trade and Development Programme Manager, ICTSD

JUDITH FESSEHAIE. 27 JULY 2018 | Dakar, Senegal. Mainstreaming Gender in the AfCFTA Negotiations. Judith FESSEHAIE, Trade and Development Programme Manager, ICTSD. Historical trends. d e Vries , Timmer , and de Vries 2013. Women, Economic T ransformation and Trade.

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Judith FESSEHAIE, Trade and Development Programme Manager, ICTSD

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  1. JUDITH FESSEHAIE 27 JULY 2018 | Dakar, Senegal MainstreamingGender in the AfCFTANegotiations Judith FESSEHAIE, Trade and Development Programme Manager, ICTSD

  2. Historical trends de Vries, Timmer, and de Vries 2013

  3. Women, Economic Transformation and Trade Premature de-industrialization Structural changes: community, personal and govt services – high level of informality and low productivity (McMillan et al., 2013) Commodity-based growth vs. expansion of regional value chains Fewer opportunities for female employment in high-productivity sectors Women participation in the economy → productivity growth and human capital development

  4. Policy Pillars

  5. Domestic Gender Equality Policies Guinea-Bissau (2000, 2014) Liberia (2009, 2009) Mali (2011) Niger (2008) Nigeria (2008) Senegal (2015) Sierra Leone (2009, 2010) Togo (2011) • Benin (2008) • Burkina Faso (2009)  • Cabo Verde (2005; 2006) • Côte d'Ivoire (2007, 2009, 2012)  • Gambia (2010, 2010)  • Ghana (2015) • Guinea (2011)

  6. Women and Trade

  7. Stylized Facts on Trade and Gender Income and employment opportunities for women in export-oriented industries (apparel, footwear, electronics) Low wages, low worker protection, and income insecurity Export crops growth, but displacement of female-controlled subsistence farming Non-traditional agricultural exports such as FFV and floriculture have high female labour intensity Feminization of services industry • Export vs domestic oriented • BPO/Tourism

  8. Women in Value Chains

  9. SSA vs Other Developing Regions WB Enterprise Survey

  10. ECOWAS: Female Business Ownership WB Enterprise Survey

  11. Majority Female Business Ownership by Sector WB Enterprise Survey

  12. ECOWAS: Female Management WB Enterprise Survey

  13. ECOWAS: FT Female Workers (% of employees) WB Enterprise Survey

  14. Ghana: Female Business Ownership and Employment WB Enterprise Survey

  15. Nigeria: Female Business Ownership and Employment WB Enterprise Survey

  16. AfCFTA Improving market access opportunities • Global vs regional end markets • Tariffs, RoO, NTBs • Mode 1 and 4 for services exports • Digital economy Boosting Intra-African Trade Initiative (BIAT) Action Plan • Sufficient gender mainstreaming? Aid for trade • Standards compliance • Trade facilitation, paperless trade • Technical and vocational training, upskilling

  17. At National Level Improving access • Capital and land • Skills, knowledge • Markets Gender impact assessment • Gender-disaggregated data Trade policy design • Consultative mechanisms Industrial strategies • Building export competitiveness • Product, process, functional upgrading • Include women in technological upgrading processes

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