The Shridath Ramphal Centre organised a Roundtable on Women's Day 2022; it was focussed on UNCTAD’s Declaration on Gender and Development. The questions addressed during this discussion were: 1. Is there a unique skillset…

This event was organised by UNFSS on the International Women ́s Day – and themed "Stepping up Women ́s Economic Empowerment through Voluntary Sustainability Standards" hosted virtually on 8th March 2022. Through this webinar,…

This was a workshop on “Trade and Sustainability: Challenges and Possibilities” from March 3-5, 2022 in Tucson, Arizona at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. The workshop brought together about two dozen scholars and…

Trade agreements can strengthen #women empowerment, but several factors discourage countries to negotiate agreements with a gender lens. What does it mean to negotiate with a #gender lens? What are these barriers? And what remains undone?…

India-Australia Free Trade Agreement Conference, organised by University of Wollongong, Centre for Trade and Investment Law, University of Newcastle and Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) Presented a paper on: can trade policies accomodate…

This was the launch of the study "#Gender Mainstreaming in Free #Trade Agreements: A Regional Analysis and Good Practice Examples", developed with support of Trade and Investment Advocacy Fund (TAF2+), funded by the UK’s Foreign,…

This event investigates the wide-ranging impacts of international law on women and vice versa. Indeed, international law affects women in myriad ways, including the efforts to combat #genderdiscrimination and to promote them as actors in the…

Roundtable:Gender and Social Inclusion in Trade Agreements. Panelists: Mariangela Linoci, UNCTAD; Bogolo Kenewendo, Former Minister of Trade, Botswana, and Economic Development Consultant; Gloria Atuheirwe, Director…

I moderated the roundtable discussions on trade-policy agenda and gender, at International Trade and Gender Symposium, organised by ECLAC UN, and supported by UK Aid and WTO. In this session, we discussed the similarities and differences between…

A masterclass titled “2020: The New International Trade Scenario”, presented at the Faculty Seminar Series at the Department of International Relations at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico