| United
Nations Development Fund (UNIFEM) and United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) organised a Symposium on “Trade,
Globalisation and Gender” on 3rd – 4th November
2003, Claridges Hotel, New Delhi. Representatives
from all the South Asian countries (India,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal & Bangladesh)
presented the country report in this symposium.
CSR represented India in this event.
On 3rd
November the Hon’ble Minister of State for
Commerce, Shri. S.B. Mookherjee inaugurated
the symposium. The Hon’ble Minister also
released the UNCTAD-UNIFEM publication,
which comprises all the country reports.
CSR contributed the India Country Report
in this publication. This was followed by
a press conference in which representatives
from Ministry of Commerce, UNIFEM, UNCTAD
and all the country representatives took
part. Dr. Ranjana Kumari, Director, CSR
shared the study outcomes and recommendations
with the media..
On 4th
November Dr. Ranjana Kumari presented the
India Country Report “ Gender and Trade:
Impact of Globalisation on Women Workers
in Textiles and Food Processing Industries
in India”, prepared by CSR and the CSR research
team (Dr. N. Hamsa, Sindhu Nambiath and
Amy Cruickshank) participated in the question
answer session.
The
symposium tried to assess the latest trends,
opportunities and effects of trade liberalisation
and globalisation on South Asian Women.
The studies from different South Asian countries
revealed that growth in exports have generated
increase in employment but the increase
in wages or improvent in living conditions
are not commensurate with increased exports
On
the basis of different country experiences
and the discussions at the symposium, the
symposium came up with a set of ‘Conclusions
and Recommendations’ for future action.
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