Bringing forward a joint message about the effects of trade liberalisation on women, several women’s civil society organisations, campaigning groups and unions — some of them members of the Informal Working Group on Gender and Trade (IWGGT) — met often during the Ministerial. The IWGGT was formed at the first WTO Ministerial in Singapore in 1996, and is facilitated jointly by the International Coalition for Development Action and WIDE (Network Women In Development Europe). Women’s caucus meetings every morning and several workshops highlighted the need for gender perspective analysis of WTO policies, as well as increased co-ordination of government, intergovernmental and civil society trade and gender work on all levels. The working group hosted a reception, released press statements and issued a Joint Declaration calling for further gender analysis of WTO structures and policies, as well as increased NGO North-South coalition- building on gender and trade issues. Several studies focusing on women’s role and condition in trade were released by the participating organisations.