Trade Policy and Gender Equality

Amrita Bahri is Associate Professor of International Trade Law at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and Co-Chair Professor for WTO Chair Program (Mexico). Bahri has published in the areas of international trade law, WTO dispute settlement, regional trade and gender justice. She serves on the Editorial Board of Journal of International Economic Law and Journal of Law, Market & Innovation. She has been appointed by the European Commission to Chair the Expert Panel Proceedings on Trade and Sustainable Development and she is an Advisory Board Member of the Center on Inclusive Trade and Development at Georgetown University. Dorotea López is Director and Associate Professor at the Institute of International Studies of the University of Chile. Prior to joining the University, she served in the Chilean Directorate of International Economic Affairs, the Mexican Economy Secretariat and the Bank of Mexico. Her main research areas are trade policy and trade in services. She holds the Chilean WTO Chair and is part of the Chilean Foreign Policy Forum. Jan Yves Remy is Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services (SRC) at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. She is also the WTO Chair holder for the University of the West Indies, has been nominated as a panelist on two WTO disputes, and has been included on the list of arbitrators under EU and UK FTA dispute settlement mechanisms. She serves on a number of Boards, including as Co-Chair of the Interim Board for Caribbean Women in Trade and the Executive Committee for TradeLab.

1. Introduction Amrita Bahri, Dorotea López and Jan Yves Remy; Part I. 'WTO and gender equality': 2. Gender responsive WTO: making trade rules and policies work for women Anoush der Boghossian; 3. Advances in feminising WTO Mia Mikic; 4. Global economic governance and women: why is the WTO a difficult case for women representation? Judit Fabian; Part II. 'Current Issues in Gender Equality and Trade Policies': 5. Women in the LDCs: how to build forward differently for them? Simonetta Zarrilli; 6. Gender-Inclusive governance for e-commerce, digital trade and trade in services: a look at domestic regulation Amalie Giødesen Thystrup; 7. Setting up the table right: women representation meets women inclusion in trade negotiations Maria Sokolova and Matthew Wilson; 8. The importance of gender responsive standards for trade policy Gabrielle White and Michelle Parkouda; 9. Mainstreaming gender in investment treaties and its prevailing trends: the actions of MNEs in the Americas Renata Amaral and Lillyana Sophia Daza Jaller; Part III. 'Regional Approaches': 10. Gender approaches in regional trade agreements and a possible gender protocol under the African continental free trade area: a comparative assessment Katrin Kuhlmann; 11. Leave no woman behind: towards a more holistic gender and trade policy in CARICOM Tonni Brodber and Jan Yves Remy; 12. South America's leadership in gender mainstreaming in trade agreements Javiera Cáraces and Felipe Muñoz; 13. Gender mainstreaming in trade agreements: best practice examples and challenges in the Asia pacific Amrita Bahri; 14. Crafting Canada's gender-responsive trade policy Marie-France Paquet and Georgina Wainwright-Kemdirim; Bibliography; Index.