ADB-UNCTAD Virtual Seminar on Gender and Trade

The joint ADB-UNCTAD webinar on trade and gender provides the opportunity to discuss emerging positive trends to make trade policy more gender-responsive, concrete steps on how to advance gender equality through bilateral and regional trade agreements, and some perspectives on global discussions happening within the WTO.

Moderator

• Samantha Hung, Chief, Gender Equality Thematic Group, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank

Speakers

• Xiaohong Yang, Chief Thematic Officer, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank
• Simonetta Zarrilli, Chief, Trade, Gender and Development Programme, Division on International Trade and Commodities, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• Yumiko Yamamoto, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
• Cyn-Young Park, Director, Regional Cooperation and Integration Thematic Group, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, Asian Development Bank
• Saad Paracha, Unit Head, Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program, Asian Development Bank

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