About us
The Women and Trade Programme targets both women entrepreneurs, and women working in export-oriented value chains with a focus on four objectives:
- Influence programming and policy at the national and international levels to address gender based constraints to trade
- Build the capacity of trade support institutions to support businesswomen
- Strengthen the competitiveness of women entrepreneurs
- Mainstream gender into ITC’s policies, processes and activities
The Programme is funded by United Kingdom Aid through the Department for International Development (DFID), as well as with funds provided by the governments of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and others through ITC’s Global Trust Fund.
In April 2011, ITC’s Senior Management Committee approved a gender mainstreaming policy to support the systematic integration of gender in support of the organisation’s objective, Export Impact for Good. (ITC Gender Mainstreaming Policy)