This archive report was first published on 8 July 2020.
On July 8, 2020, the International Trade Centre (ITC) launched the SheTrades Outlook, a digital tool that allows governments and others to track progress on gender equality in trade and progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal 5 to empower all women and girls.
The SheTrades Outlook provides quantitative and qualitative data using 83 indicators across six policy areas, including Trade Policy, Business Environment, Legal and Regulatory Frameworks, Access to Finance, Access to Skills and Work and Society.
The tool tracks how laws, policies and practices affect women's participation in business and trade, enabling comparison across countries and sharing of good practices.
SheTrades Outlook is based on women-in-trade data from more than 500 government institutions and private sector organizations, with 80% of the data never collected before.
ITC developed SheTrades Outlook as part of SheTrades in the Commonwealth, a dedicated project under the ITC SheTrades Initiative, launched in April 2018.
The SheTrades Outlook gives policymakers access to step-by-step guides that enable them to develop free trade agreements, trade policies and public procurement policies that are more responsive to women's needs.
ITC launched the SheTrades Outlook at a side event of the United Nation's High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development held in New York.
