Intro: Economic Integration, Stagnating Gender Equality?
During the high-level meeting in Hong Kong, WTO member countries discussed
issues ranging from abolishing agricultural export subsidies and industrial tariff
reduction, and market access for foreign banks and telecom providers. The human
face of trade and investment flows, however, is often hidden behind economic
statistics and legal formulations. This human face is gendered: Globalisation has
meant different things for women and men
