Gender and trade

This document presents a Report on the Economic Situation in Egypt in the Context of Political instability and a Risky Transition. Despite the political uncertainty, Egypt’s economy maintained a growth of 1.8 points in 2012 as compared to 1.7 points in 2011. Activities increased in most of the sectors, though exports shrunk by 0.5 points. Domestic demand was the driving engine of growth as it contributed 5.1 points. Final consumption contributed 3.9% points out of which household consumption alone represents 3.6 points. Gross fixed investment (GFI) added 0.1 point, while GCF contributed 1.2 points. However, external demand contracted this growth by 3.3 points with 2.8 points due to an increase in imports.

This document presents a Report on Economic situation and outlook in the current transition phase in Tunisia. The economy of Tunisia underwent a three-phased industrialization process. The first phase, following independence, entailed nationalizing production units and creating heavy industry. This policy led to major investment, mainly by the State, in a bid to build a basic industrial network as a substitute for imports.

This document presents MENA Gender Equality Profile- Status of Girls and Women in the Middle East and North Africa, case of Tunisia. Hi provides an overview on Background, legal framework, institutions and mechanisms, women’s political participation, education and economic participation, reproductive health, key indicators on the situation of girls and women and ratification of treaties.

This document presents the final report of the Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network (WGEKN), 2007 on unequal, unfair, ineffective and inefficient. Gender inequity in health: why it exists and how we can change it. This report has shown that gender relations of power exist both within and outside the health sector, and exercise a pernicious influence on the health of people. It has drawn together the rapidly growing body of evidence that identifies and explains what gender inequality and inequity mean in terms of differential exposures and vulnerabilities for women versus men, and also how health care systems and health research reproduce these inequalities and inequities instead of resolving them. The consequences for people’s health are not only unequal and unjust, but also ineffective and inefficient. It has also documented the growing numbers of actions by non-governmental and governmental actors and agencies to challenge these injustices and to transform beliefs and practices within and outside the health sector in order to generate sustained changes that can improve people’s health and lives. In particular, it calls for support for women’s organisations that are critical to ensuring that women have voice and agency, that are often at the forefront of identifying problems and experimenting with innovative solutions, that prioritise demands for accountability from all actors, both public and private, and whose access to resources has been declining in recent years. The final report of the WGEKN identifies three sets of actions: (A) creating formal agreements, codes and laws to change norms that violate women’s human rights, and then implementing them; (B) adopting multi-level strategies to change norms including supporting women’s organisations; (C) working with boys and men to transform masculinist values and behaviour that harm women’s health and their own

Ce document présente les résultats de l’étude intitulée « Femmes et sécurité globale : Vers une réforme sensible au genre du secteur de la sécurité en Tunisie ». Cette étude a été réalisée par Aswat Nissa dans le cadre de son programme Femmes, Paix et Sécurité, qui plaide pour l’intégration de l’approche genre dans les politiques publiques, en partenariat avec ONU Femmes Maghreb. Cette étude s’est basée sur une enquête de terrain menée par des femmes politiques autour de la perception des citoyens et citoyennes par rapport à la sécurité en Tunisie et à la participation de la femme dans le secteur de la sécurité.