Trading Stories
Experiences with Gender and Trade

Through twenty regional and country case studies, Trading Stories pulls together the key links between trade, gender and economic development. Ten case studies focus on the gender impacts of trade policies, detailing differential consequences on men and women; and ten focus on linking women with global markets – including FairTrade, organic, niche and mainstream markets – through a range of best practices involving government, NGOs, people’s organisations and associations, private sector and international agencies.
The book draws on three recent Commonwealth Secretariat publications on gender and trade: Gender Mainstreaming in the Multilateral Trading System; Chains of Fortune: Linking Women Producers and Workers with Global Markets; and Gender and Trade Action Guide and is a useful addition to the growing body of evidence that will help governments to effectively mainstream gender in their trade policy.
The book draws on three recent Commonwealth Secretariat publications on gender and trade: Gender Mainstreaming in the Multilateral Trading System; Chains of Fortune: Linking Women Producers and Workers with Global Markets; and Gender and Trade Action Guide and is a useful addition to the growing body of evidence that will help governments to effectively mainstream gender in their trade policy.
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Stitching Local to Global: SEWA's Trade Facilitation Centre
In developing countries, the informal sector is simultaneously associated with both poverty and growth. While producers and workers in the sector suffer disproportionately from poverty, they are also a primary driving force in the growth of their economies and are highly enterprising and productive, even when very poor. In India, they contribute 60 per cent of national income, over 54 per cent of national savings and over 40 per cent of national exports.
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