Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/191640 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
WTO Staff Working Paper No. ERSD-2018-15
Publisher: 
World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva
Abstract: 
Regional Trade agreements (RTAs) are sometimes viewed as laboratories in which new types of provisions are negotiated to address recent trade-related issues and challenges. A detailed analysis of 556 RTAs, including 292 agreements currently in force and notified to the WTO (as of November 2018), shows that although the inclusion of gender-related provisions in RTAs is not a recent phenomenon, a limited but increasing number of RTAs, namely 74 agreements, refer explicitly to gender-related issues. These gender-related provisions are highly heterogeneous and differ in terms of location in the RTA, language, scope and commitments. Most gender-related provisions are found in a single or couple of RTAs and couched in best endeavour language. In the last three years, a limited number of RTAs have expanded significantly the scope of gender-related provisions by establishing a dedicated article or chapter on trade and gender.
Subjects: 
Regional Trade Agreements
Gender
Women
JEL: 
F13
F15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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