E-Learning on Trade and Gender

UNCTAD offers online courses on trade and gender to a broad range of stakeholders from member countries.

Through its e-learning programme, UNCTAD equips participants with the knowledge to analyse the two-way relationship between trade and gender, and to formulate gender-equitable policies.

In the standard online course, participants learn about the trade and gender nexus using UNCTAD’s teaching manual along with multimedia lectures, supplementary readings and practical exercises under the guidance of both a tutor and a technical assistant.

Courses provide opportunities for participants to further enhance their knowledge and to build their professional networks through interactions via an online discussion platform.

To complement and enrich the standard course manual, the portfolio of teaching resources includes regionally-tailored teaching modules and online courses adapted to the needs and contexts of specific regions. UNCTAD continues to develop teaching resources focused on selected topics of relevance for the analysis of the trade and gender nexus.

Activities under the capacity-building initiative on trade and gender are generously supported by the Government of Finland.

News

Training helps more women in least developed countries benefit from trade

2 Mar 2023

UNCTAD’s online courses equip participants to design and implement policies to bridge gender gaps in trade.

A landmark UNCTAD online training course for East Africa has won plaudits from participants, who say it will help them etch gender concerns into trade policies.

Etching gender into trade policy in the COMESA region

3 Aug 2017

Putting gender issues at the heart of trade policy is vital if development is to be inclusive, and training decision makers is a key way to achieve that goal.

Teaching Material on Trade and Gender

This teaching material explores the consequences of trade for women’s economic empowerment and well-being and the impact of gender inequality on trade.

Since the economy is a gendered structure, any impact of trade on the economy is likely to have gender-specific repercussions.