Volume 2 – The potential of trade and investment policies to address labour market issues in supply chains

Chapter 7. Trade and gender: Addressing barriers to women’s decent work through trade policy

This chapter focuses on trade policy and gender issues. It unpacks how WTO agreements, national policies and specific programmes, such as Aid for Trade, could interact to promote a “blended approach” to gender-responsive trade policymaking. This approach, which places women’s economic empowerment as a central focus of trade policy, would support formal employment while also advancing decent work objectives.