Gender as a Trade Concern - On the African Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade

Abstract

The African continent is currently witnessing the creation of the largest regional free trade area in the world. The African Continental Free Trade Area represents a significant milestone in Africa’s socio-economic development. However, this development is also significant in another respect: A recently adopted special Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade has the potential to blaze the trail for gender-transformative intra-African trade. The protocol thus confirms a general trend in international economic law to acknowledge and address the gendered nature of trade.

Keywords

• African Union
• Freihandelszone
• International Trade Law
• afcta
• Freihandelszone