Unbalanced WTO Dispute System – Women Need Not Apply: Gender Analysis of WTO Dispute Panelists
Unbalanced WTO Dispute System – Women Need Not Apply: Gender Analysis of WTO Dispute Panelists
Of 159 Member WTO Dispute Panelist Roster,
147 Are Men (92.5%) and 12 Are Women (7.5%)
| Country | Women | Men |
| Australia | 3 | 15 |
| Austria | 0 | 4 |
| Belgium | 0 | 2 |
| Chile | 1 | 3 |
| Colombia | 1 | 4 |
| Cuba | 0 | 1 |
| Czech Rep. | 0 | 2 |
| Denmark | 0 | 1 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1 |
| Finland | 0 | 4 |
| France | 1 | 3 |
| Country | Women | Men |
| Germany | 0 | 7 |
| Greece | 0 | 2 |
| Hong Kong, China | 0 | 5 |
| India | 2 | 10 |
| Ireland | 0 | 3 |
| Israel | 0 | 6 |
| Italy | 0 | 4 |
| Japan | 0 | 10 |
| Korea | 0 | 6 |
| Mauritius | 0 | 1 |
| Country | Women | Men |
| Netherlands | 0 | 5 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 7 |
| Norway | 0 | 3 |
| Spain | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden | 0 | 11 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 8 |
| United States | 1 | 9 |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 7 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 2 |
| Total: | 12 | 147 |
Source – U.S. Trade Representative (1998)
* None of the seven Members appointed to the WTO Appellate Body are women.
* Only one of 59 EU appointees is a woman.
* Of the 39 panelists appointed to the dispute resolutions where the U.S. is involved, 38 are men and one is a woman.