An opinion on how COVID-19 is inflicting harm to women in trade and commerce, and how free trade agreements might help women gain empowerment in a pandemic-inflicted economy. https://issuu.com/forbeslatam/docs/forbes_agosto_2020
Working with ITC, I have prepared a new and the very first tool-kit to gauge gender responsiveness in trade agreements. The tool-kit is explained in the report I have prepared for ITC. The report also includes ten steps to mainstream gender in trade…
An opinion published in: El Universal, https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/covid-19-biased-against-women
"Las mujeres ante la pandemia de covid-19: ¿Cómo pueden ayudar las leyes de comercio internacional?"
Publicada en Foreign Affairs Latam: http://revistafal.com/fal-20-3/
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