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US Gender and Trade Network (USGTN) Economic Literacy

The USGTN's Economic Literacy focal point is Leslie Hossfeld, Ph.D, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Department of Sociology. Contact Leslie for more information on these resources.

Current USGTN Economic Literacy resources include:

Breaking Boundaries II

This publication is a joint effort of participants in the USGTN. It is a popular education tool on “Women and the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA)” which includes analysis of the potential impacts of the FTAA from a gender perspective. This resource explores the impacts of privatization, deregulation, and NAFTA on services, investment, migration, militarization, labor, and agriculture and examines how this relates to regional integration in the Americas.

Fact Sheets on U.S. Trade Policymaking, Center of Concern/US Gender and Trade on-going series on US trade and investment policy.

·Bankrupt U.S. Economic Policy Forecloses on Women's Human Rights
·Trade in the Americas – Women Central to the Debate
·Building In Developing and Transition Countries
·What You Need to Know About WTO Ministerial
·What you need to know about Trade-Finance Policy Coherence

Basic Building Blocks for a Gender and Trade Analysis

This 6 page document helps answer the questions: What do we mean by gender? Why is gender important? What does a gender analysis look like? and How do I apply a gender analysis specifically to international trade and investment?

A Gender Primer of Trade and Investment Policies

This 9 page document explores some of the policy levers a government can use to shape the amounts of international trade and foreign investment crossing its border and examples of how their use affects women and men differently.

Framework for a Gender Analysis of the Economy

This two page document contains a glossary of terms relating to a gender analysis and a chart which lays out a simple framework for gender analysis.

US Poultry in the Global Economy: Impacts on women, livelihoods and the environment

This briefing paper uses the U.S. poultry industry as a case study to outline global trends in the production and trade of poultry and the impact of these trends on women, livelihoods and the environment.

A workshop during the III International Training of Trainers - TOT in Economic Literacy: _Popular economic literacy training from gender perspective: training of Trainers _ held in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, November, 2006.