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FEMALE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN THE COVID-19 CONTEXT A series of seminars co-hosted by the Governments of UK and Mexico

28 September 2020

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 productive activ ...

World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Race 2020: International Trade Specialists Perspectives

28 September 2020

The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) upcoming selection by its members of the new Director-General (DG), is more critical than ever before. With a tightly contested race of eight highly-skilled candidates, a number of well renowned international trade exp ...

TRADE-DSM User Group Conference Media Release

15 September 2020

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 governments resorti ...

Global perspective on effect of COVID-19 on trade facilitation

30 July 2020

This presentation looks at the current state of play in trade facilitation as well as a look at how COVID-19 has impacted on movement of goods in and out of the country during the pandemic. Global perspective on effect of COVID-19 on trade facilitation.pd ...

KENYA-USA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT-COMMENTS

30 July 2020

This paper gives my response to a request by the Kenya Permanent Secretary of the State Department for Trade and Enterprise Development to give my opinion on the initial draft of the proposed Free Trade Area between Kenya and the United States. USA-Kenya ...

RESPONSE TO THE PROPOSED KENYA- USA FTA AGREEMENT: NEGOTIATION PRINCIPLES, OBJECTIVES, AND SCOPE-DRAFT 6

30 July 2020

This paper gives my response to a request by the Kenya Permanent Secretary of the State Department for Trade and Enterprise Development to give my opinion on the 6th draft of the proposed Free Trade Area between Kenya and the United States. KENYA_USA FTA- ...

Special Talk: COVID-19 and Its Impact on Women in International Trade: Can Free Trade Agreements Help Reboot the Economy?

30 July 2020

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. Presentation UNAM.pdf Download Yes Mexico 24 June 2020 Trade topics: Gender and Trad ...

COVID-19 and its impact on women in International Trade

30 July 2020

An event organized by OWIT and IGC: https://www.genderchampions.com/events/covid-19-and-its-impact-on-women-... Recording at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbs0CO-0i-s In this presentation, I addressed the following question: whether and how we can use ...

Can Free Trade Agreements Accommodate Gender Justice and Help with Inclusive Recovery in Post-COVID-19 World?

30 July 2020

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 economic and ...

Online Conference: The 3R Initiative: Re-thinking, Re-packaging and Rescuing World Trade Law"

30 July 2020

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: https://lawschoolsgloballeague.c ...

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