Since liberalization, cut flowers have become a major export-orientated product in Colombia and are now of crucial importance in terms of revenue and employment, in particular female employment. This paper focuses on the impact of cut flower production and trade in Colombia with a specific focus on the effects of the industry on women workers. The aim of the paper is to identify and examine strategies that support women workers in their struggle for a better life and improved working conditions.

This USAID literature review explores the role of women in the economy and why the inclusion of gender issues is crucial to the success of economic development programs.

The paper assesses how well a gendered social accounting matrix (SAM) and computable general equilibrium (CGE) model can capture the effects of trade on women.

The main objective of this paper is to provide an in-depth study on gender and trade and to identify the gaps in the literature.

This report is based on a series of interviews conducted between May and November 1997, with women’s rights activists, maquiladora workers, labour rights activists, Mexican and US government officia

The author explores the effects of an increase in cut-flower exports in the Ecuadorian highlands as a result of trade liberalisation and the relocation of cut-flower plantations from Colombia to Ecuad

Uruguay since the 1970s has slowly undergone a number of changes in its employment structure and productive patterns as a consequence of an increase in trade.

Since liberalization, cut flowers have become a major export-orientated product in Colombia and are now of crucial importance in terms of revenue and employment, in particular female employment.

In this paper, Women’s EDGE looks at trade liberalization through a gender-lens, to address the following questions: