Who We Are

Steering Group

The Gender and Trade Coalition's first Steering Group was constituted in May 2019 with a total of 14 groups, including 8 women’s organisations and 6 allies. Members include:

• African Women's Development and Communications Network 

• Asia-Pacific Forum on Women, Law, and Development

• Association of Women's Rights in Development

• Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era

• La Red de Género y Comercio/Latin America Gender and Trade Network 

• Women in Development Europe+

• Women in Migration Network

• ActionAid

• Public Services International

• Pacific Network on Globalisation

• Regions Refocus

• Third World Network

• Third World Network-Africa

• Nawi – Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective

Initiators

The Gender and Trade Coalition was initiated at a March 2018 meeting of feminist activists from trade unions, women's groups, development policy, and academia. The initiators of the coalition (listed below) formed an interim coordination structure that generated broad-based membership and constructed a governance process for the mobilisation of a Steering Group in May 2019. 

• Africa Labour, Research and Education Institute (ALREI), of International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)- Africa

• ActionAid

• Asia-Pacific Forum on Women, Law, and Development (APWLD)

• Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for Equality

• Gender and Development Network (GADN)

• International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics, and International Economics (GEM-IWG)

• Institute of Law and Economics, University of Technology, Jamaica

• La Red de Género y Comercio/Latin America Gender and Trade Network

• Public Services International

• Regions Refocus

• The South Centre

• Third World Network

• Trade Collective (South Africa)

To join the coalition and help shape its direction, endorse the unity statement and share your contact information, or email contact@gendertradecoalition.org