A bird cannot fly with just one wing : towards a gender-balanced trading system
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2009-03Author(s)/Corporate Author (s)
Elbeshbishi, Amal Nagah;United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. African Trade Policy Centre;
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Although we know that women are the majority of the poor and low skilled workers, there is very little
known on the impact of trade liberalization on them, partly because of lack of gender-disaggregated
data in trade statistics, and partly because of lack of gender awareness in economic analysis. This paper
discusses the issue of trade liberalization and gender gap in general, then the issue of trade liberalization
and women employment specifically since employment is a very important issue especially in developing
countries for poverty reduction. Agriculture is extremely important for developing countries’ economy
that is why the paper discusses the impact of trade liberalization on women farmers.
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“Elbeshbishi, Amal Nagah; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. African Trade Policy Centre (2009-03). A bird cannot fly with just one wing : towards a gender-balanced trading system. ATPC work in progress;; no. 74. no. 74, v, 33 p.. Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/15354”Serial Title
ATPC work in progress; no. 74Collections
- African Trade Policy Centre [2507]
- Gender [2644]
- Trade [2779]
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