The Governments of Mexico and the United Kingdom organised the event “Female economic empowerment in the COVID-19 context. It provided a space for participants to discuss ways to ensure the continuity of women’s and girls’ educational and…
Within a few short weeks, the coronavirus (Covid-19) has spread across the world and become a global phenomenon. All countries are deeply concerned about it and all countries will almost certainly be seriously affected by it, with some…
A guest lecture at UNAM, Mexico City on COVID-19 and Its Impact on Women in International Trade: Can Free Trade Agreements Help Reboot the Economy? Presentation attached.
An event organized by OWIT and IGC: https://www.genderchampions.com/events/covid-19-and-its-impact-on-women… Recording at:…
Health pandemics affect women and men differently, and they can make the existing gender inequalities much worse. COVID-19 is one such pandemic, which can have substantial gendered implications both during and in the post-pandemic world. Its…
Organised this online conference, with 20+ speakers and discussants from different universities and 100+ participants overall. The discussions focussed on rethinking, repackaging and rescuing world trade law. Details here:…
The unprecedented economic crisis triggered by the outbreak of COVID-19 is already having dramatic effects on world trade and appears very likely to trigger lasting changes to the world trading system, regardless of how the next phase of 'opening…
Emmanuel Orkoh obtained his PhD under the supervision of TRADE members Prof Derick Blaauw (promoter) and Dr Carike Claassen (co-promoter) in May. In his thesis titled ‘Essays on trade openness, wage, poverty and intra-household time…
ITAM hosted SIEL regional conference for Latin American International Economic Law Network on 14-15 October 2019. The conference theme was: “STEPS BACK IN THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW ORDER: IMPACTS TO LATIN AMERICA”. Twelve panels, more than…
The eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference witnessed 118 Members and observers coming together to sign the Joint Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment. The Declaration reaffirms that ‘international trade and investment are engines of…