Marion Sharples is policy & communications officer at the Gender & Development Network. She sits on the WIDE+ Gender & Trade working group and is a trustee of Women Working Worldwide. She holds an MSc in Gender, Development and Globalisation.
It's positive to see government engaging on gender and trade, and the strategy is no doubt valuable. But they are wide of the mark — SheTrades Commonwealth assumes that what women need is greater access to trade. The problem is the terms of their engagement.
