Launch of the study "Gender Mainstreaming in Free Trade Agreements: A Regional Analysis and Good Practice Examples"

This was the launch of the study "#Gender Mainstreaming in Free #Trade Agreements: A Regional Analysis and Good Practice Examples", developed with support of Trade and Investment Advocacy Fund (TAF2+), funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and implemented by Cowater International.

Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law's Workshop: Oxford Hanbook on Women and International Law

This event investigates the wide-ranging impacts of international law on women and vice versa. Indeed, international law affects women in myriad ways, including the efforts to combat #genderdiscrimination and to promote them as actors in the field. It also examines and promotes a diversity of critical feminist approaches to the topic. It was a roundtble to discuss and present our respective chapters for inclusion in the forthcoming handbook on women and international law.

WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) LAW AND TRADE-01 LAW, at Koc University, Istanbul

The course focuses on the laws, principles, functioning and jurisprudence of International Trade Law. Students understand the principles of multilateral and bilateral trade and engage with the practice of international trade law with the help of current jurisprudence and hypothetical dispute scenarios. The students receive an appreciation of the purpose and functions of the WTO and be familiar with its principal rules, impact and jurisprudence. Students learn with a unique combination of lectures, class discussions and practice exercises.

Making Trade Agreements Work for Women Empowerment: How Does It Help, What Has Been Done, and What Remains Undone?

Bahri, A. (2021). Making Trade Agreements Work for Women Empowerment:. Latin American Journal of Trade Policy, 4(11), 6 - 24. doi:10.5354/0719-9368.2021.65667

Not Just Sea Turtles, Let’s Protect Women Too: Invoking Public Morality Exception or Negotiating a New Gender Exception in Trade

33 (1) European Journal of International Law (2022). The most common provisions we find in almost all multilateral, regional and bilateral trade agreements are the exception clauses that allow countries to protect public morals, humans, animals or plant health and life and conserve exhaustible natural resources. If countries can allow trade-restrictive measures that aim to protect these non-economic interests, is it possible to negotiate a specific exception to justify measures that are aimed at protecting women’s economic interests as well?

Gender Mainstreaming in Free Trade Agreements: A Regional Analysis and Good Practice Examples

COVID-19 has played havoc with the global economy, and with it, international trade. Amidst it all, something else has been happening that we need to take account of, i.e., the increasing gender divide. COVID-19 is magnifying the impact of the pre-existing barriers that women face, with massive loss of jobs and business opportunities, reduced access to education as it goes online, and an increase in household responsibilities and domestic violence against women. So, what policy options are available to minimise this harm?

Adapting to the Digital Trade Era: Challenges and Opportunities

Presented my chapter on trade, women empowerment and blockchain at Joint Vienna Institute's webinar on World Trade Organization Chair Program's publication ‘Adapting to the Digital Trade Era: Challenges and Opportunities', edited by Maarten Smeets

WTO Public Forum 2021: Building Resilience to Bridge Trade Gaps through Digital Transformation

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First Name: Stephen
Last Name: Fevrier
Title: Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Delegation and Head of Mission of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States to the United Nations in Geneva
Organization: Organization of Eastern Caribbean States to the United Nations in Geneva

Launch of WTO funded WCP project on trade and gende

Launch of World Trade Organization funded project on trade and gender, led by WTO Chairs in Mexico, Chile and Barbados.

Speakers: Jan Yves Remy, Dorotea Lopez, Amrita Bahri

Key note speech by: WTO DDG Anabel González

& reinforcing interventions by: Hon'ble Ambassadors H.E Chad Blackman, Mathias Francke and Angel Villalobos Rodríguez

WTO Chair Program Trade and Gender Webinar Series

Moderated this panel, with global leaders on #trade and #gender Simonetta Zarrilli from UNCTAD Gender and Anoush der Boghossian from World Trade Organization on "International Organizations and Gender Mainstreaming"

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