Report of mission to Kampala 7 February-13 February 2005

Abstract

The Gender Section of the Commonwealth Secretariat has been focusing its work on issues related to the multilateral trading system and globalization in this process it has supported publications on Gender and the Multilateral Trading System, and Chains of Fortune: linking women producers and workers with global markets. The publications highlighted the need for more effective participation of women in trade negotiations as weII as the need to take gender into account for trade policy formulation and implementation. They also emphasize how women can be supported to take advantage of globalization and access global markets. In order to move from analysis to action and to build capacities in the region to address some of these issues, the gender unit of the Commonwealth Secretariat organized a design Workshop for development of a Gender, Enterprise and Trade module in Uganda.