Kelli Mack/ February 27, 2008/ 5:19 pm/ Gender Issues
Today a three day conference on the gender sensitization of trade policy concluded in India. This conference provided a forum for Indian and international trade and gender experts to get together and share their ideas on how to implement gender into trade policies. There was a huge push towards India and other developing countries. It was said at the conference that the only way to incorporate gender sensitization into trade is to change the trade policies and agreements. In India women are a great stakeholder in the process of trade, growth and development. It is felt that the government should take this and harness it to use to make the trade system more inclusive. It is also believed that women's groups should be more active in the making of trade policies and have more of a say so as to integrate gender into trade in the best way possible. Empowering gender and paying explicit attention to gender issues, as well as attitudes are all key to maximizing trade gains and minimizing the costs that arise.
I have read several articles on implementing women's groups into policy making and I think it is a great idea, especially in developing countries. In places like the USA women already have a large say and play an important role in the economy. In developing countries, women do not have these opportunities and are looking to make them and the only way to do that is to incorporate them into the law and policy making process. It is also important to include them if they do have a large stake in the economy of the country, if they are making some of the important economic decisions, they should have a say in what is going on in their economy.
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