ABOUT THE WEBINAR 

Although trade can be a powerful engine of economic growth and poverty reduction, it can also produce outcomes that affect gender equality. This webinar will explore the nexus between trade and gender and identify opportunities for including gender aspects in trade policy analysis and design.

As part of its ongoing efforts to increase women's participation in global trade, the World Trade Organization drafted a Joint Ministerial Declaration on the Advancement of Gender Equality and Women’s Economic Empowerment within Trade. In this webinar, Simonetta Zarrilli Traeger, Chief of the Trade, Gender and Development Programme at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), will use the Declaration to analyze the willingness of countries to use trade policy as a tool to close gender gaps. A distinguished panel of experts will share their views on how to apply a gender lens to trade policy and identify interventions that can be easily implemented by developing countries to make trade more equitable.

This webinar is jointly organized by the Gender Equality Thematic Group and the Regional Cooperation and Integration Thematic Group of the Asian Development Bank, and the Trade, Gender and Development Programme of UNCTAD.

TARGET PARTICIPANTS

• Mid-level government officials or specialists involved in policy analysis, formulation, and implementation in the areas of trade and gender.
• Members of oversight bodies responsible for coordinating trade policies and trade negotiations.
• Other interested stakeholders from the private sector, civil society, the academe, and development partners.