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Trade agreements can contribute to gender equality and women’s economic empowerment. But they can also reinforce inequalities and women’s subordinate position in national economies. Responding to this concern, KIT supported the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to integrate gender equality into the Ministry’s 2018 policy on Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation.

This gender audit was carried out for the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA). On its basis we were able to offer strategy and policy advice to improve the gender orientation of ASARECA’s work, and therefore its impact.