ITC publications
The collection of publications below is a result of ITC's experience, both directly supporting the competitiveness and capacity of women-owned businesses in-country and addressing challenges in the ecosystem that women tend to face. Publications cover topics including the concept and methodology behind SheTrades Outlook, gender-based analysis of trade, and increasing women's participation in public procurement, among others. Using the sorting feature below, publications can be filtered by global, regional, and national-level focus as well as by date. Individual publications can be downloaded in .pdf format.
This policy brief presents an analysis of how five member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) promote women’s participation in business and trade. These countries are Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Philippines and Viet Nam. This report provides preliminary recommendations for ASEAN to improve the policy ecosystem and enable women to contribute further to regional economic development. In total, data was collected and analysed from 119 public and private sector institutions in the five countries (23 from Cambodia, 22 from the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 26 from Malaysia, 25 from the Philippines and 23 from Viet Nam).
Recent developments in Mozambique’s energy sector present opportunities for investments in the country and for the integration of women-led businesses (WLBs) in the energy sector as suppliers of goods and services. This report identifies five key challenges WLBs face in supplying the energy sector and other auxiliary value chains. While the participation of WLBs in these value chains remains limited, upcoming field development phases of two projects offer considerable potential for their integration into these value chains. This paper offers recommendations to address these obstacles, such as upskilling, better access to finance and buyer connections, and gender mainstreaming in policies.
This policy brief presents analysis and recommendations for Ghana to unlock women’s participation in trade by improving the policy ecosystem. It is based on the results of the SheTrades Outlook tool in Ghana, which collected and analysed data from 11 national institutions and five private sector organizations.
This policy brief presents analysis and recommendations for Pakistan to unlock women’s participation in trade by improving its policy ecosystem. It is based on the results of the SheTrades Outlook tool in Pakistan, which collected and analysed data from 19 national institutions and six private sector organizations.
In 2024, ITC and UN Women will be launching our global GRPP campaign at two high-level global events: • Soft launch on the sidelines of the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in February 2024, hosted in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates • Official launch with country pledges during the 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 68) in March 2024, taking place in New York, the United States of America There are two ways to show your support. If you are an international or multilateral organization, we welcome statements of support (in the form of quotes). If you are governments with established GRPP programmes or governments who are keen to make their foray into GRPP, we welcome both statements of support and country pledges.
This policy brief presents analysis and recommendations for Malaysia to unlock women’s participation in trade by improving the policy ecosystem. It is based on the results of the SheTrades Outlook tool in Malaysia, which collected and analysed data from 23 national institutions and three private sector organizations.