Project Info
Project Code
1011Q
Tranche
T07
Tranche Type
Regular
Status
Closed
Title
Enhancing Capacities of Developing Countries to Mainstream Gender in Trade Policy
Entities
Implementing Entity (Lead)
UNCTAD
Financial and Evaluation Info
Total Budget
$621,900.00
Project Selected for Evaluation
No
Countries and Regions
Areas of Work
Thematic Clusters
Gender Equality and the empowerment of women
International Trade
Objective and Expected Outcomes
Objective
To create awareness on the links between trade policy, gender and development; and strengthen the capacity of governments in developing countries to mainstream gender in trade policy and make trade policy more responsive to the specific needs of women
Expected Outcome 1
Strengthened understanding of the margin of manoeuvre that the selected countries enjoy, in the midst of multilateral, regional and bilateral agreements, to use trade policy to empower women and reduce the level of inequality between men and women
Expected Outcome 2
Enhanced understanding in the four selected countries and among developing countries at large of the links between trade and gender, and of the policy and measures that may be used to mainstream gender in trade policy
Expected Outcome 3
Enhanced capacity in the four selected countries to include gender considerations in the formulation of trade policy