WTO Public Forum Session 6 - Inclusive Trade Agenda: Enabling Women Traders in the Wake of COVID-19

The event will discuss small-scale cross-border traders' resilience and innovative strategies to survive in time of crisis. It will also recommend policies and interventions needed to minimize the pandemic- and war-induced economic shocks, increase the role of cross-border trade for food security, and build more equitable and inclusive economies.

Moderator

• Jan Yves Remy, Director, Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services (SRC), University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados

Speakers

• Simonetta Zarrilli, Chief, Trade, Gender and Development Programme, Division on International Trade and Commodities, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• Melaku Geboye Desta, Coordinator, African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), Regional Integration and Trade Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
• Anthe Vrijlandt, Director, Corporate Affairs, TradeMark East Africa
• Mona Shrestha Adhikari, CEO of Enterprise for Management, Economic Reform & Gender Equality (EMERGE)

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