Gender analysis of existing trade policies and regulatory frameworks within the east African community partner states : an action research
Abstract
The research involved the following steps:
Review of literature on the status of gender mainstreaming of the trade policies of the EAC and its Partner States.
- Interview of officials from the EAC Secretariat and Ministries responsible for trade in the Partner States as well as Public and Private Sector trade Organisations/institutions such as Chambers of Commerce, Export Promotion Councils and Private Sector Federations.
- Selection of a gender and policy analysis model and adapting it to fit a trade-focused gender analysis framework to guide the overall analysis.
The report is organized as follows: Part I gives an introduction to the study, with analysis of gendered constraints to trade. Part II looks at the level of gender responsiveness of the trade policy instruments; Part III provides conclusions and recommendations on the way forward.
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| 2019-02-10 14:34:37
Document Type
Report
Keywords :
/Gender equality//Gender and trade//Women’s economic empowerment/ /Investment//Employment//Women rights//Labour rights//Good practices//Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women //Africa/