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1	Gender and Trade Castries, St.Lucia 15-17 June 2009 Ms Keiko Alvarez Serrano, Jr. Trade Affairs Officer Regional Seminar on Trade-Related Assistance in the Caribbean region
2	I. Introduction (1) Trade has significant consequences for social, and particularly gender equality.
3	I. Introduction (2)
4	II. Relevance – Disaggregated employment data
5	II. Relevance by sector (1)
6	II. Relevance by sector (2)
7	III. Gender Mainstreaming in National Trade Policies
8	IV. Potential solutions
9	V. The role of Aid For Trade in gender awareness (1)
10	V. The role of Aid For Trade in gender awareness (2)
11	VI. Conclusion (1)
12	VI. Conclusion (2)
13	VI. Conclusion (3) The definition and implementation of engagement strategies at the institutional level lay the groundwork for the sensitisation of concerned stakeholders and a systematic inclusion of gender in trade-related policies in the national arena. The institutionalisation of a gender-perspective in national policymaking generates a favourable environment to engage in gender-inclusive regional and multilateral initiatives. There is space in international tools to mainstream gender, but these are not maximised—e.g. AFT initiative offers the opportunity to establish a framework to strengthen incentives to foster synergies between trade and other economic policy areas, including gender.
14	Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation Thank you very much for your attention kalvarez@aitic.org kalvarez@acici.org