Trade Agreements and Women - Transcending Barriers

About the author

Dr. Amrita Bahri is Associate Professor of International Trade Law at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and Co-Chair Professor for the WTO Chair Program (Mexico). In her research and publications, she explores how trade laws, agreements, and policies can empower marginalized groups, especially women. As a founding member of the WTO Gender Research Hub, Amrita has worked on trade and women-related projects with various countries and international organizations, including the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the International Trade Centre, and the World Trade Organization. While collaborating with the ITC team, Amrita designed the first framework to measure the gender responsiveness of trade agreements. She also serves on the editorial board of prestigious academic journals and is among the candidates appointed by the European Commission to chair the Expert Panel Proceedings on Trade and Sustainable Development.

Summary

Trade Agreements and Women explores how trade agreements might be altered to more effectively address women's interests. The book provides gender-sensitive guidance for preparing, revising, and negotiating trade regulations in an inclusive manner, ensuring that they work for all.

Additional text

Mainstreaming gender in trade agreements can play a key role in addressing the systemic challenges that women and other marginalised stakeholders face in cross-border and international trade. Amrita tackles this important agenda by investigating these systemic challenges and the impact of mainstreaming gender in trade agreements. The legal compact of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) includes a Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade. As State Parties implement the AfCFTA, the lessons that Amrita draws from this comprehensive analysis provide an important resource for governments, business associations and traders. I am very pleased to recommend this important contribution to the discourse, the analysis, and the practice of mainstreaming gender in trade agreements.

Product details

• Authors: Amrita Bahri, Amrita (Associate Professor of Law Bahri, Co-Chai
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.02.2025
• EAN: 9780198935728
• ISBN: 978-0-19-893572-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, LAW / Gender & the Law, trade agreements, Gender & the law, Development Studies, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, International economic & trade law, Law and society, gender issues, International trade and commerce, International Organisations & Institutions, Public international law: economic and trade