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SUMMARY:Webinar Complementary to the Online Course: Trade\, Critical Energy
  Transition Minerals and Women: From Policy Analysis to Practice
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The global transition towards renewable energy\, digitalization
  and low-carbon development is driving unprecedented demand for critical e
 nergy transition minerals (CETMs)\, including lithium\, cobalt\, copper\, 
 nickel and rare earth elements. As these minerals become increasingly stra
 tegic for international trade\, industrial development and global value ch
 ains\, governments are adopting trade and industrial policies aimed at cap
 turing greater value from their mineral resources and advancing economic d
 iversification.At the same time\, the benefits and costs associated with t
 he expansion of mineral production and trade are not distributed equally b
 etween women and men. Women often remain underrepresented in formal employ
 ment\, leadership positions and entrepreneurial opportunities in mineral v
 alue chains\, while also experiencing distinct social\, economic and envir
 onmental impacts.To strengthen understanding of these issues\, the UNCTAD 
 Trade\, Gender and Development Programme has developed the online course T
 rade\, Critical Energy Transition Minerals and Women. The course examines 
 the intersections between trade\, gender\, critical minerals and developme
 nt and equips participants with analytical and policy tools to support gen
 der-responsive policymaking.The proposed webinar will complement the onlin
 e course by providing an interactive space for participants and invited ex
 perts to move from policy analysis to practice. Rather than revisiting the
  course content\, the discussion will focus on experiences from different 
 national and regional contexts\, good practices for strengthening the part
 icipation and inclusion of women and girls in critical-mineral value chain
 s\, and priority actions needed to advance gender-responsive policies and 
 practices.The webinar will also contribute to UNCTAD&#039\;s broader work 
 on evidence-based research\, multi-stakeholder dialogue and capacity-build
 ing on the gender dimensions of critical mineral value chains. &lt\;p&gt\
 ;The global transition towards renewable energy\, digitalization and low-c
 arbon development is driving unprecedented demand for critical energy tran
 sition minerals (CETMs)\, including lithium\, cobalt\, copper\, nickel and
  rare earth elements. As these minerals become increasingly strategic for 
 international trade\, industrial development and global value chains\, gov
 ernments are adopting trade and industrial policies aimed at capturing gre
 ater value from their mineral resources and advancing economic diversifica
 tion.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;At the same time\, the benefits and costs asso
 ciated with the expansion of mineral production and trade are not distribu
 ted equally between women and men. Women often remain underrepresented in 
 formal employment\, leadership positions and entrepreneurial opportunities
  in mineral value chains\, while also experiencing distinct social\, econo
 mic and environmental impacts.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;To strengthen underst
 anding of these issues\, the UNCTAD Trade\, Gender and Development Program
 me has developed the online course Trade\, Critical Energy Transition Mine
 rals and Women. The course examines the intersections between trade\, gend
 er\, critical minerals and development and equips participants with analyt
 ical and policy tools to support gender-responsive policymaking.&lt\;/p&gt
 \;&lt\;p&gt\;The proposed webinar will complement the online course by pro
 viding an interactive space for participants and invited experts to move f
 rom policy analysis to practice. Rather than revisiting the course content
 \, the discussion will focus on experiences from different national and re
 gional contexts\, good practices for strengthening the participation and i
 nclusion of women and girls in critical-mineral value chains\, and priorit
 y actions needed to advance gender-responsive policies and practices.&lt\;
 /p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The webinar will also contribute to UNCTAD&#039\;s broad
 er work on evidence-based research\, multi-stakeholder dialogue and capaci
 ty-building on the gender dimensions of critical mineral value chains.&amp
 \;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/mee
 ting/webinar-complementary-online-course-trade-critical-energy-transition-
 minerals-and-women
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