Women's Economic Empowerment and WTO Trade Negotiations

Abstract

This Trade Hot Topic explores the possibility of incorporating gender issues into multilateral trade negotiations at the WTO, as well as discussing the likely implications for least developed countries (LDCs), small, vulnerable economies (SVEs) and sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. It also suggests that LDCs, SVEs and SSA countries conduct ex-ante assessments, which will provide them with a clear way forward in relation to fashioning appropriate responses and meaningfully participating in trade and gender activities at the WTO as and when they arise.