africa: WTO Decisions Aggravate Women's Poverty

The Head of the Gender and Economic Reform in Africa (GERA) section of the Third World Network (TWN) Zo Randrianamaro has said women have a larger stake in the upcoming 5th ministrial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Cancun Mexico in September. This is because most WTO rules have had a greater negative impact on women than on men. Randrianamaro said the majority of people in Ghana and Africa at large who have been excluded from benefiting from the proceeds of WTO rules are women.