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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In the framework of the Law and Society Conference 2022 Portugal, Dr. Amrita Bahri, Co-Chair Professor, WTO Chairs Programme (Mexico), delivered a presentation focused on how different groups of women, and women with different compounding factors…
A two-day workshop titled “The Concept Design of 21 Century Trade Agreements” Workshop was organised by the World Trade Institute (WTI) in collaboration with the British Embassy. During the event international experts and academics discussed the…
Dr. Amrita Bahri participated as the UNECA subject-matter expert at the consultations and capacity-building sessions with negotiators and policy-makers, to aid the negotiation of the AfCFTA Protocol in Women and Youth, organized by UNECA and…