Gender and Trade - Outward oriented trade policies and the aspect of gender mainstreaming—various country experiences. - Outward oriented trade policies and the aspect of gender mainstreaming—various country experiences. - Outward oriented trade policies and the aspect of gender mainstreaming

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aixa ansorena Oct 11 2007 3:06AM	I am an anthropologist from Costa Rica. I would like to ask if there is anyone with experience working in customs Valuation and Rules of Origen and its link with gender issues. The reason I am asking this is because in the context of the FTA signed by Costa Rica with Canada in 2001, the Canada Border Services Agency will assist the Customs administration and other key stakehlders in Costa Rica build capacity and reslove developmental challenges related to the valuation and origin of goods. The purpose is to enhance and build the capacity of Costa Rican Customs to deliver efficient and transparent Customs valuation and Origin Programs that facilitate trade, support private sector competitiveness, and pormote export led growth. The issues involved in this trainning is very technical and the transfer of knowledge will be achieved through the classroom lectures, presentations, work groups, ect. to the administrative staff of the Customs origin and valuation departments. Is there any study or guide of how gender component and/or analysis can be included in the custom valuation and custom origen issues? Thanks for your advise, Aixa Ansorena. aansoren@yahoo.es
Sona Mitra Sep 27 2007 7:16PM	Economists working on gender and development have been investigating the complex relationships between gender inequalities and trade liberalization for at least the last two decades. The conclusions arrived by almost all have been the same relating to the different ways in which men and women are affected by trade policies owing to their different locations and command over resources. Recent studies have also shown that export-orientation in developing countries grows in tandem with the increase in women’s share of paid employment. Increases in female employment through export - oriented production seem to be more common in the manufacturing sector and in semi-industrialized economies. In industrialized economies, by contrast, increased trade with developing countries has led to loss of women’s employment in industries where they are over-represented, such as textiles, apparel and leather goods. Apart from the manufacturing sector, women engaged in agriculture have also been affected by trade policies. For instance, women, considered to be the backbone of food production in Africa, have been marginalized over the years as result of increased cash crop production. Therefore, while the export-policies have brought about a surge in women’s employment opportunities in the developing nations in some of the industries, it has simultaneously negatively affected others. Such dynamic results of market-oriented trade policies have increased the need to formulate policies which would adequately address the various inequalities and discriminations faced by women workers. It has necessitated the need to mainstream gender into the trade policies. This has been a major point of campaign for the gender activists, civil societies, NGOs etc all across the globe, in order to generate awareness among the policymakers and other stakeholders in this respect. We open the GENTRADE forum to the participants and encourage them to express their views on this issue and share their country experiences. It would be interesting to note the various government and other initiatives in countries across the world as well as receive individual opinions on policy recommendations in this respect. This post was updated at Oct 11 2007 3:06AM by Sona Mitra

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aixa ansorena
Oct 11 2007 3:06AM

I am an anthropologist from Costa Rica. I would like to ask if there is anyone with experience working in customs Valuation and Rules of Origen and its link with gender issues.

The reason I am asking this is because in the context of the FTA signed by Costa Rica with Canada in 2001, the Canada Border Services Agency will assist the Customs administration and other key stakehlders in Costa Rica build capacity and reslove developmental challenges related to the valuation and origin of goods. The purpose is to enhance and build the capacity of Costa Rican Customs to deliver efficient and transparent Customs valuation and Origin Programs that facilitate trade, support private sector competitiveness, and pormote export led growth.

The issues involved in this trainning is very technical and the transfer of knowledge will be achieved through the classroom lectures, presentations, work groups, ect. to the administrative staff of the Customs origin and valuation departments.

Is there any study or guide of how gender component and/or analysis can be included in the custom valuation and custom origen issues?

Thanks for your advise,

Aixa Ansorena.
aansoren@yahoo.es

Sona Mitra
Sep 27 2007 7:16PM

Economists working on gender and development have been investigating the complex relationships between gender inequalities and trade liberalization for at least the last two decades. The conclusions arrived by almost all have been the same relating to the different ways in which men and women are affected by trade policies owing to their different locations and command over resources.

Recent studies have also shown that export-orientation in developing countries grows in tandem with the increase in women’s share of paid employment. Increases in female employment through export - oriented production seem to be more common in the manufacturing sector and in semi-industrialized economies.

In industrialized economies, by contrast, increased trade with developing countries has led to loss of women’s employment in industries where they are over-represented, such as textiles, apparel and leather goods.

Apart from the manufacturing sector, women engaged in agriculture have also been affected by trade policies. For instance, women, considered to be the backbone of food production in Africa, have been marginalized over the years as result of increased cash crop production.

Therefore, while the export-policies have brought about a surge in women’s employment opportunities in the developing nations in some of the industries, it has simultaneously negatively affected others. Such dynamic results of market-oriented trade policies have increased the need to formulate policies which would adequately address the various inequalities and discriminations faced by women workers. It has necessitated the need to mainstream gender into the trade policies.

This has been a major point of campaign for the gender activists, civil societies, NGOs etc all across the globe, in order to generate awareness among the policymakers and other stakeholders in this respect.

We open the GENTRADE forum to the participants and encourage them to express their views on this issue and share their country experiences. It would be interesting to note the various government and other initiatives in countries across the world as well as receive individual opinions on policy recommendations in this respect.

This post was updated at Oct 11 2007 3:06AM by Sona Mitra