Post on 25-Nov-2021
Gender Considerations in Trade Agreements
Ignacia SimonettiHead of Gender Department
Directorate of International Economic RelationsMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Chile
86% of the World’s GDP
1. Chile, brief overview
Exports
US$69 billion
63% of the World’s Population
26 Trade Agreements
With 64 countries
Uruguay - ChileOctober, 2016
June, 2017Canada - Chile
Argentina - ChileNovember, 2017
European Union
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
Singapore
Republic of Korea
November, 2018Brazil - Chile
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1. Chile, brief overview
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2. Why?
⏌Trade can open new opportunities for women’s empowerment by openingnew markets for their products and by providing formal employment(UNCTAD, 2017)
⏌Trade policy could be a strategy to increase women economic participationand the achievement of the positive spillovers that this brings, can createopportunities to accomplish this objective (Lopez, 2018).
⏌Women’s participation in trade can provide openness and sustainability ofthe economic growth. Economies with better opportunities for women aremore competitive. (INTRACEN, 2015)
NUMBER OF EXPORT COMPANIES 2017
Companies led by women
4.2%
Rest95.8%
In 2017, 343 companies led by women exported around US$982 million. Only 14 of them exported services, representing 0,41% of services exports,
around US$4,2 million.
EXPORTS BY COMPANIES 2017
Companies led by women
1.5%
Rest98.5%
8167 Companies
US$65 billion
Source: DIRECON-ProChile
Participation of women in Chilean exports
2. Why?
Develop programs to
promote women’s full participation
Promote financial
inclusion and education
Promote femaleentrepreneurship
Conductgender-based
analysis
Promote gender
equality within enterprises
3. Gender provisions
Advance care policies and programs
Develop women’s networks
Conducting gender-based
analysis
Collection of sex-
disaggregated data
Improve women’s
access to STEM
Chapters seeks to recognize the importance of incorporating a gender perspectivein trade policy, with the objective of ensuring that the benefits of economic growthare shared fairly.
3. Gender provisions
Feasibility studies
InterministerialCommittee
Decision to negotiate
NegotiationAgreement ConclusionLegal Review
Agreement Signing
Discussion in the Congress
Approval and Publication
Ministry of Women and Gender Equity
3. Gender provisions
4. Moving forward
⏌ Increase understanding of the gender dimension of tradeagreements and their contribution to better policy making.
⏌Enhance public participation, and raise public awareness.
⏌Promote gender equity policies alongside trade promotionpolicies.
⏌Enhance the work we are doing in cooperation with otherMinistries and Services from different areas.
⏌Gender mainstreaming in international fora has reached acritical moment . Witnessing a transformative moment thatcould lead to more positive actions.