Mission report : Capacity building workshop on gender trade policy and export promotion for East African region 25-29 July 2005 Arusha ,Tanzania

Abstract

The commonwealth Secretariat organised a training workshop for officers directly related to gender and trade ministries for Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The workshop was a follow-up to the joint activity between the commonwealth and UNECA in which a gender and trade training manual was developed earlier in the year. The major objectives of the workshop were to Build capacity to integrate Gender analysis in trade policy formulation/implementation, Analyse impacts of trade policy on women's employment &entrepreneurship, Focus on regional specific issues and trend & impacts on women, Build capacity of public and private institution to enable women to respond to changes in trade policy.