Gender equality and trade
At a Glance
31-01-2019
Trade liberalisation has a gender-differentiated impact inside and outside Europe. The EU, which is committed to promoting gender equality in all policies, has established specific mechanisms in its trade policy to enforce women's labour and human rights, and monitor the gender impact of its trade preferences. The European Parliament supports this policy and asked for it to be reinforced. This is an update of an ‘at a glance’ note from March 2018.
At a Glance
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- economic policy
- ECONOMICS
- employment
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- equal pay
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- female work
- gender equality
- generalised preferences
- human rights
- international trade
- labour law
- labour law and labour relations
- LAW
- liberalisation of trade
- personnel management and staff remuneration
- position of women
- rights and freedoms
- sexual discrimination
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- sustainable development
- TRADE
- trade agreement (EU)
- trade policy
- women's rights