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Our @GenderandTrade webinar, Mobilising for Feminist Trade Justice within the United Nations, takes place on Tuesday 21 July. @RegionsRefocus has all the details: https://sites.google.com/regionsrefocus.org/gtc/webinars?authuser=0#h.p_-3Ha4dKaKqVu
And in this thread, we've curated some background materials
And in this thread, we've curated some background materials
Creating a Feminist Alliance for Trade Justice: "Patriarchal structures have positioned women [...] as an easier source of exploitable, low cost labour due to their marginal social and economic power." @GenderAndTrade members write at @ogr_en: https://www.openglobalrights.org/a-feminist-alliance-for-trade-justice/?lang=English
Towards a New Global Economic Architecture that works for the People and Planet: The response to the COVID-19 crisis cannot be left to forums & groups that suffer from serious democratic deficits. Civil Society FFD Group & @WWGonFFD share key proposals:
Recovering Rights. This series of briefs from @social_rights aims to translate international standards around socioeconomic rights into useful tools for social justice activists: https://www.cesr.org/covid-19-recovering-rights-series-0
It is Time to Dispute the New Normal: Elements for the Way Forward from a Feminist Perspective. @ascampini74 and Corina Rodriguez of @DAWNfeminist discuss COVID-19's impact on the daily lives of women, including the burden of unpaid care work: https://cld.bz/I6USLya/8/#zoom=z
Corporate Abuse Is a Feminist Issue: @ascampini74 & @fernanda_Ho of @ProjectPODER give an overview of #F4BT's position & why the content & purpose of the draft UN binding treaty on business & human rights must address gender impacts of corporate abuse. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/corporate-abuse-feminist-issue/
Addressing Gender & Trade Issues in Trade Agreements: Creating More Problems than Solutions? Ranja Sengupta of @3rdWorldNetwork examines the gendered impacts of trade & investment agreements, and the spaces where gender equality might best be achieved. https://dawnnet.org/publication/addressing-gender-and-trade-issues-in-trade-agreements-creating-more-problems-than-solutions/
From Rhetoric to Rights: Towards Gender-Just Trade. @ActionAidUK's report raises concerns about poorly designed trade policies which limit the ability of states to provide quality, gender-responsive public services, infrastructure and social protection: https://www.actionaid.org.uk/publications/from-rhetoric-to-rights-towards-gender-just-trade
Corporate Power and the Space for Women’s Human Rights Activism: Our paper discusses the limitations of corporate social responsibility, the growing power and influence of the private sector, and instruments for the protection of women’s human rights. https://www.iwraw-ap.org/resources/corporate-power-and-the-space-for-womens-human-rights-activism
Participation in #ICESCR and #CEDAW Reporting Processes: This resource from @ESCRNet and IWRAW Asia Pacific provides shadow report guidelines on women’s economic, social and cultural rights. https://www.iwraw-ap.org/resources/participation-in-icescr-and-cedaw-reporting-processes-guidelines-for-writing-on-womens-economic-social-and-cultural-rights-in-shadow-alternative-reports/
During our webinar on 21 July, we'll identify advocacy spaces & mechanisms within the UN, & explore how international legal standards developed by the treaty bodies & other human rights mechanisms can be applied to feminist trade justice demands. Register: http://bit.ly/FeministTradeJustice
