Gender and Trade Liberalization. Towards a Leveled- Playing Field

Women are the majority of the poor and low skilled workers, yet 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 book 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 book discusses the impact of trade liberalization on women farmers. Finally the book discusses the policy recommendations whether national- level policy recommendations or international ones to be able to move towards a leveled- playing field and a gender- balanced trading system. The target groups for which the book was written are gender and trade experts.

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Professor/ Amal Nagah Elbeshbishi is an international civil servant working for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). She is also a tenured Professor of Economics in Mansoura University, Egypt. Prior to joining UNECA in 2005, Prof. Elbeshbishi lectured in universities in Bahrain, Egypt and USA and worked with UNESCWA.