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Implementing Gender Provisions in the India-UK CETA and Beyond: A Policy Guide

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  • Nisha Taneja

    (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER))

  • Snajana Joshi

  • Sulakshana Rao

  • Vasudha Upreti

  • Nirlipta Rath

Abstract

The inclusion of a dedicated chapter on gender equality in the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) marks a defining moment in the evolution of India's trade policy. For the first time, gender commitments are embedded not only in a dedicated chapter but also linked across multiple chapters of the agreement; with the preamble also affirming a commitment to enhancing women's, especially the ones from economically vulnerable backgrounds, access and ability to benefit from trade. It recognises that trade liberalisation can have asymmetric gender impacts and lays out a broad agenda for advancing gender equality by applying a gender lens to trade through targeted cooperation initiatives. The gender chapter also highlights the development and sharing of procedures for collecting gender-disaggregated data and conducting gender-based analyses – practices long advocated as essential for evidence-informed policymaking and for the systematic integration of a gender perspective into trade policies.

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  • Nisha Taneja & Snajana Joshi & Sulakshana Rao & Vasudha Upreti & Nirlipta Rath, 2025. "Implementing Gender Provisions in the India-UK CETA and Beyond: A Policy Guide," Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Policy Paper 54, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, India.
    • Handle: RePEc:bdc:ppaper:54
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