Women are always better organised when social issues are at stake - this was the conclusion of the International Gender and Trade Network (IGTN) workshop at the World Social Forum. The IGTN emerged out of the resistance in Seattle, is a strong women's movement unifying organisations from Asia, Africa Latin America and the Caribbean. Women from the IGTN are organising large education campaigns specifically on social spending on water and benefits from water budgets. In Africa, they have organised ‘water tribunals'. The women take on and criticise the WTO as well as regional trade forums from a women's perspective. They openly critique the trade policy and undertake large advocacy campaigns.