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Presentation on “Gender Mainstreaming in Trade Agreements: “A Potemkin Facade”?” at the World Trade Congress on Gender: Gender Equality for Sustainable Trade and Recovery, Geneva, Switzerland

The World Trade Congress on Gender is the first international research conference on trade and gender. Dr. Amrita Bahri, Co-Chair Professor, WTO Chairs Programme (Mexico), presented a paper titled “Gender Mainstreaming in Trade Agreements: "…

Presentation on “Making Trade Agreements Work for Gender Equality: The widening negotiation capacity gap?” at the Research Forum at the 2022 ASIL Midyear Meeting, Miami, United States of America

The American Society of International Law hosted a Midyear Meeting in early November 2022. The meeting encompassed several events, including leadership meetings of the Society's Executive Council and the Board of Editors of the American…

Presentation on Trade and Development: Disability Inclusion at the International Trade Week, Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office, United Kingdom

In the recent years, there has been an upsurge in the number of FTAs that are mainstreaming gender equality concerns in their trade agreements. But is gender mainstreaming enough, and does it mean that countries that “mainstream” gender equality…

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…