The project aims at analysing the effects of COVID-19 on Mauritian MSMEs including women and blue entrepreneurs. It will also investigate the factors that prevent Mauritian women micro entrepreneurs from shifting to digital trade and aim to empower…
The main focus of this project is the role that trade may play in empowering women and enhancing their contribution, especially in light of the fact that women participation in labour force in the region is considered the lowest compared to others…
The main focus of the project is the role that trade may play in empowering women and enhancing their contribution especially in light of the fact that women participation in labour force in the region is considered the lowest compared to others.…
Firms engaged in international trade account for a large share of South Africa’s output and employment. Therefore, their behaviour has potentially large effects on national outcomes including gender inequality. In this paper, we test whether the…
This report presents recommendations to boost the participation of women in trade through free trade agreements. Policymakers and trade negotiators will find a new toolkit to gauge gender responsiveness in their agreements. These lessons are based…
This book explores the ways to 'rethink', 'repackage' and 'rescue' world trade law in the post-COVID-19 era. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as an important context, the book makes original and critical contributions to the growing debate over a range…
The blog discusses how this crisis presents a unique opportunity to explore how trade policies, including the pursuit of free trade agreements (FTAs), and how FTAs can contribute to women’s empowerment and hence place women at the heart of economic…
Gender Mainstreaming in Free Trade Agreements: What Have We Achieved, and What More Is Needed for Inclusive Post-Pandemic Recovery?, in Amrita Bahri, Weihuan Zhou, Daria Boklan (eds.), Rethinking, Repackaging, and Rescuing World Trade Law in the…
https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/rethinking-repackaging-and-re… This book explores the ways to 'rethink', 'repackage' and 'rescue' world trade law in the post-COVID-19 era. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as an…
Blockchain technology holds considerable promise to boost women’s participation in international trade. Blockchain’s anonymity and efficiency could enable many women, who otherwise would be constrained by law, custom or high costs, to engage in…