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Presentation on “Women and International Trade: Same Side of the Same Coin?” in the Women and International Law International Conference. Max Planck Institute for Procedural Law, Luxemburg

Dr. Amrita Bahri, Co-Chair Professor, WTO Chairs Programme (Mexico), presented at the event, which builds upon the talk held by Prof. Hélène Ruiz Fabri on the same subject in April 2021, and a remote workshop in February 2022, brought together…

Presentation on “Trade Agreements, Women Business and the Pandemic of COVID-19” at the Workshop on Gender Equality and Private Sector: The Business Case of Trade and Gender, Meeting of Informal Working Group on Trade and Gender, Geneva, Switzerland.

The Informal Working Group on Trade and Gender brought together WTO members and observers seeking to intensify efforts to increase women's participation in global trade. It was established in September 2020 as a follow-up to the Joint…

Presentation on “Gender mainstreaming in trade agreements: ‘A Potemkin Facade’” at the Institute of Development Studies. Online

This seminar discussed and critically assessed the trend of gender mainstreaming in trade agreements. Even though we are yet to see concrete evidence of benefits that gender mainstreaming in trade agreements can have, more and more countries are…

Presentation on “Trade Agreements and Sustainable Development – What has been Achieved and What Remains Undone?” at 2022 CIBEL Global Network Conference, Online

The theme for the first session was trade and sustainability. The conference was about how international trade and the rules-based global trading system are facing unprecedented challenges. Sustainability, in this context, concerns not only the…

Impact Assessment of Gender Provisions in RTAs: An empirical look at the African Experience, at Aid for Trade Global Review, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Amrita Bahri, Co-Chair Professor, WTO Chairs Programme (Mexico) presented at a panel on the “Impact Assessment of Gender Provisions in RTAs: An empirical look at the African Experience”, at the Aid for Trade Review, World Trade Organization…