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“Poor Women’s interventions in the global trade”
15th September-2006,
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SEWA Trade Facilitation Centre has organised a session on “Poor Women’s Interventions in Global Trade” at the Civil Society Forum of Annual General Meeting of the World Bank-IMF groups.
The major objective of the panel is to bring the need of uninterrupted access to trade in larger markets to raise the income of women producers all across the globe. Trade is globalises and to access national and international markets, women producers organisations if provided with adequate resources and trade-links they can make dent into the global markets.
The women producers’ organisations need access to adequate capital, suitable market links and better terms of trade.
They need institutional facility that develops research and development of their products for improvement and diversification. They want to use Information and Technology to keep pace with the fast moving global trade.
They need to build more organisational and managerial capacities to run their businesses profitably and trade firmly.
These entrepreneurial producers’ organisations also need active supporters in the government for creating more enabling policies. This should be seen as investment by the multilateral and financial institutions and it should not be treated as subsidy or a safety net.
Building up Civil Society Organisations or Member based organisation of the poor needs to be seen as investing in people. Thus, there is a need to build people’s organisations/Institutions. The primary objective is to fight poverty. |
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ON A MISSION: Ms Beatrice Gakuba (left), who runs commercial farm Rwanda Flora in the Central African nation of Rwanda, and Sewa Trade Facilitation Centre CEO Mona Dave want the IMF and World Bank to set up a council on women and trade to help poor women use trade to escape poverty. |
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- THE STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 2006 |
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Read an article |
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The presentation by SEWA Trade Facilitaion Center presenting their model of creating sustained livelihoods to the thousans of women artisans in the desert region by linking them with craft. |
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Panalists were: |
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Mr. Praful Patel, Vice President, South Asia Region,
Ms. Mona Dave (CEO, SEWA Trade Facilitation Centre,
Ms. Beatrcie Gakuba, C.E.O. Rwanda Flora,
Mr. Rashid Kidwai, C.E.O, Grassroots Trading Network for women,
Mr. Michael Klein, Vice President for Financial and Private Sector Development jointly for WB and IFC, Chief Economist, IFC,
Ms. Deepali Agrawal, Resident Representative, EXIM Bank, Singapore,
Mr. Dhanendra Kumar, Executive Director, India,
The World Bank. |
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Speech By Mr. Praful Patel, Vice President, South Asia Region: |
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Presentation by Beatrice Gakuba |
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Presentation by Rashid Kidwai |
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Presentation by Mr. Michael Klein, Vice President for Financial and Private Sector Development jointly for WB and IFC, Chief Economist, IFC |
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Presentation by Ms. Deepali Agrawal, Resident Representative, EXIM Bank, Singapore |
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It was recommended that the following institutions be established
Formation of Women’s Trade Council (WTC)
Formation of Trade Security Fund (TSF)
Formation of a cross sector Social Venture Fund (SVF) |
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