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Conference on International Trade and Gender Equality

International trade and integration
17 November 2020|Event

The Division of International Trade and Integration, and the Division of Gender Affairs of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in collaboration with public and development aid organizations, will organize three sessions to present different approaches on the link between international trade, gender gaps and the economic autonomy of women, as well as trade policies that can contribute to gender equality. Nov 17, 18 and 19 2020

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International Trade and Gender
International Trade and Gender

The Conference will include three seminars. On Tuesday 17, the objective is to explore the contribution of international trade towards the achievement of gender equality through trade policies and the promotion of women entrepreneurs (links between SDG 5, 8 and 17). On Wednesday 18, it is to analyze gender gaps in Global Value Chains (GVC), identify frameworks, new data and trends; and present government initiatives to promote gender equality in GVCs. On Thursday 19, the TAF2+ Gender, Social Inclusion and Trade (GST) Grant, funded by FCDO UK, will be presenting their technical studies on gender and trade-related issues to facilitate knowledge-sharing and networking among stakeholders in the Global South.

17 Nov 2020

  • Gender, trade polcy and woman's export entrepreneurship

    10:00 to 13:45

    Explore the contribution of international trade towards achievement of gender equality through trade policies and promotion of women entrepreneurs.

  • Inauguration

    10:00 to 10:30

    Contraseña de Grabación : Cepal2020

    • Mario Cimolli
      Parte 1
      Video
      Keun-Ho Jang. Embajador de República de Corea en Chile
      Parte 2
      Video

  • Trade and women ́s equality

    10:30 to 10:45

    Director, División de Comercio Internacional e Integración, CEPAL

  • Women ́s economic autonomy at the center of trade policies for a transformative recovery with equality

    10:45 to 11:00

    Ana Güezmes García, Directora, División de Asuntos de Género, CEPAL

18 Nov 2020

  • Gender and global value chains

    10:00 to 13:45

    Analizar brechas de género en distintas CGV; identificar los contextos, nuevos datos y tendencias; presentar algunas iniciativas de gobiernos para promover la igualdad de género en las CGV.

  • Welcome

    10:00 to 13:00

    Contraseña de grabación : Cepal2020

  • Trade and gender: an analytical framework

    10:30 to 10:50

    Jane Korinek, OCDE

  • Roundtable

    10:50 to 11:50

    Brechas de género en distintas CGV.

  • Roundtable

    12:00 to 12:45

    Iniciativas gubernamentales para reducir las brechas de género en las CGV.

19 Nov 2020

  • Welcome and introduction

    10:00 to 10:10

    Contraseña de grabación : Cepal2020

    • Ramona Kettenstock
      Video

  • South-South Dialogue on Trade, Gender and Social Inclusion

    10:00 to 13:45

    El Grupo de Género, Inclusión Social y Comercio (GST) de TAF2 +, financiado por FCDO UK, presentará sus estudios técnicos sobre cuestiones de género y comercio para facilitar el intercambio de conocimientos y la creación de redes en el Sur global.

  • Trade, Gender and Social Inclusion

    10:15 to 10:35

    Susan Joeckes, Directora GST

  • Gender Equality and Voluntary Standards

    10:35 to 10:55

    Sally Smith, Investigadora y consultora sobre desarrollo inclusivo y sostenible

  • SheTrades Outlook

    12:30 to 12:45

    Jacqueline Salguero Huaman, Oficial asociada de Asuntos Económicos, CTI

  • Data Analysis for Gender and Trade Assessments

    12:45 to 13:05

    Marzia Fontana, Investigadora, Institute of Development Studies at Sussex, UK

  • Gender Gaps in Services Trade

    13:05 to 13:25

    Andrea Lassmann, Profesora de Política Económica Internacional, Universidad de Mainz, Alemania