Globalisation and Fair Trade 2002

CAFRA held its Fifth General Assembly and Conference 23rd - 30th May 2002, under the Theme "Women, Globalisation and Fair Trade". The CAFRA Village was spread over the Eco Resort and Torarica Hotel, Paramaribo, Suriname.

Since its foundation at the Sixth International Conference of American States, held id Havana in 1928, the CIM has become an increasingly effective voice of the women of all the Americals.

The story is told of the young man who came to an old woman with a bird in his hand. In an attempt to test her wisdom, he said “Tell me, Mother, is the bird living or dead?" After thinking for a while, she said...

The National Committees are the veins and arteries, and meat and bones of the Association. They have in different ways and in different levels kept the fires burining in their respective countries, and initiated or replicated important projects, some of which are featured here

As part of the Caribbean Reference Group on Trade, CAFRA was asked to organise a Regional Consultation on the Free Trade Area of the Americas, involving the OECS countries.

CAFRA continues to maintain strong links with Women in Development Europe (WIDE), through which Advocacy and Lobbying Skills Workshop based on the twelve critical areas of concern in the Beijing Platform of action, was held.

The General Assembly elected the seven Regional committee members...

Much has been researched, written and debated with respect to globalisation and trade liberalization and its impact on Caribbean economies as well as, the social and cultural upheavals brought about by this process.

The Parties to this Agreement, recognizing that their relationship in the field of trade and economic endeavor should be conducted with a view to raising standards of living, ensuring full employment and a large and steadily growing volume of real income and effective demand, and expanding the production of and trade in goods and services, while allowing...

Global integration is proceeding at breakneck speed and with amazing reach. But the process is even and unbalanced, with uneven participation of countries and people in the expanding opportunities of globalisation - in the global economy, in global technology, in the global spread of cultures and in global governance.