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RCEP agreement puts future of Thai people at risk
24-Jul-2018 Bangkok Post
The Thai government is about to enter a trade deal that could seriously harm the reform agenda and deprive communities of the ability to make decisions for fear of violating investors’ rights.
Mercosur-Canada agreement includes women’s issue
22-Jun-2018 Prensa Latina
Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa announced that the trade agreement between the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) and Canada includes a chapter on the promotion of women in that area.
Women’s aspirations & priorities within the post-Cotonou negotiations
28-Apr-2018 FEMNET
Negotiations around post-Cotonou framework must take women’s issues into account and be intentional in allocating financial resources to the realization of women’s economic rights and empowerment.
The e-commerce agenda and the gender gap
27-Apr-2018 Emergentes
The e-commerce agenda reinforces the role women have been apportioned in society, giving them furthermore a false ‘sensation of happiness’ in the face of increasing labor flexibilization and the transformation of production.
Zapatista women inspire the fight against patriarchy
4-Apr-2018 Waging Nonviolence
When the Zapatista National Liberation Army went public, they called NAFTA a death sentence for the indigenous peasants of Mexico
Moving past photo ops to make trade policy more gender responsive
20-Mar-2018 UNCTAD
Experts at WTO workshop say that pro-women trade policies can boost jobs for women and overall growth – when used with the right domestic policies.
EP wants to include gender equality in free-trade agreements
15-Mar-2018 Euractiv
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution to better account for gender equality in trade agreements. The commission could follow up on the resolution in its agreement with Chile.
Trade deals must work for rural women say participants at key UN session
15-Mar-2018 UNCTAD
Trade agreements must take into account the concerns of the millions of women who earn their living off the land in developing countries, participants said at a meeting held during the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations in New York organized by UNCTAD and the Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development (APWLD).
Resist the onslaught of neo liberal attacks under CPTPP
8-Mar-2018 People over Profit
Peoples movements, especially women, are enraged that the revived and rebranded CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership), an agreement set to trample on people’s rights, will be signed today, March 8, the very same day that is historically dedicated to honor the struggle of working class women against injustice and capitalist exploitation, and for the advancement of their rights.
Japan and Norway: Elevated economic, geopolitical and gender equality cooperation on the horizon
16-Feb-2018 The Diplomat
Bilateral ties between Tokyo and Oslo are set to converge, with multiple areas for cooperation.
Free trade or women’s rights?
5-Jan-2018 Strategic Review
After 30 years of neoliberal globalization, it has been increasingly acknowledged that austerity, privatization, deregulation of finance, markets and corporations, and trade and investment liberalization have had a devastating and discriminatory impact on women.
Women’s rights groups in Asia Pacific express relief on collapse of TPP
10-Nov-2017 APWLD
Women’s Rights Organisations expressed support for Canada’s reluctance to finalise the TPP11 negotiations at the APEC meeting today calling it a deal that would “deepen inequality” and “trade people for profit”
Dalit women: we’re fighting RCEP
6-Nov-2017 bilaterals.org
Dalit people are the poorest people in India and would be among the most affected by RCEP.
RCEP: Robbing communities to extract profit
14-Oct-2017 APWLD
RCEP will give multinational corporations unprecedented rights
NAFTA 2.0: Will our feminist government walk the equality talk?
15-Aug-2017 The Globe and Mail
Renegotiating the agreement is an opportunity for Canada’s self-proclaimed feminist government to put words into action by tackling gender inequality and the structural barriers that female workers and business owners face across all three countries.
APWLD addresses RCEP negotiators on gender concerns at stakeholder consultation during the 19th round of negotiations
1-Aug-2017 APWLD
Women stand to lose the most from RCEP.
‘RCEP will hit economically backward women the most’
25-Jul-2017 The Hindu
Worst hit will be families with female heads, 23 million of which are in rural areas.
Sweeping free trade deal poised to benefit companies at the expense of small-scale farmers
25-Jul-2017 The Christian Science Monitor
A free trade deal that would spur economic growth in the eyes of government officials could also force farmers from traditional livelihoods and disproportionately harm women, say Asian advocacy groups.
Hyderabad: NGOs hold protest against RCEP talks
25-Jul-2017 The Times of India
NGOs from across the country protested in Hyderabad against the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership talks being held in Hyderabad.
Women up in arms against Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
25-Jul-2017 The Hans India
At a rally held in Hyderabad, women from different parts of India marched along with other marginalised communities to protest the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership