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The alliance’s founding members represent 7,000 special economic zones in 145 economies, employing over 100 million people.

Digital multinational enterprises are growing at breakneck speed and changing the nature of cross-border investment.

The partnership will help improve women digital entrepreneurs' skills and ease their access to global trade.

Mona Ataya, a Palestinian-Lebanese entrepreneur who runs the largest online marketplace for women in the region, is one of UNCTAD's six eTrade for Women advocates.

UNCTAD eTrade for Women advocate taps into digital tools to grow her food business and build a connection between farmers and consumers.

By Kweku Attafuah-Wadee, Lalen Lleander and Henrique Pacini, UNCTAD Economists

Empowered by UNCTAD’s training, she endured pandemic-induced disruptions with persistence, hard work and business acumen, emerging stronger from the crisis.

Including a gender lens in national policies can empower women to participate in trade and structural transformation on an equal footing with men.

As the world marks International Women's Day on 8 March, six women at UNCTAD outline what's needed for more women to play a leading role in trade.

Although it's now widely recognized that trade policies affect men and women differently, recognition is not enough. UNCTAD's first woman secretary-general calls on the global community to act now to empower women through trade.