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Women in STEM: Changing the narrative

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With appropriate policy action, e-commerce has the potential to further gender equality.

What women in developing countries need to thrive in e-commerce

Experts examine the challenges to overcome to level the digital trade playing field for women in developing countries and boost gender equality.

Women in Zanzibar, Tanzania harvest seaweed

Global forum spotlights actions to make trade more sustainable and inclusive

The UN Trade Forum 2023 will highlight how developing countries can use trade to tackle global challenges including protecting the ocean, reducing digital and gender inequalities, and building more resilient economies.

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Tackling gender divides can create more e-commerce success

Experts at an UNCTAD event outline how to enable women to benefit more from the digital revolution and enhance their participation in trade.

Project participants learn to install a modern beehive in Bailundo, Angola

Angola: Empowering women through honey

An UNCTAD project is harnessing the power of bees to help women improve their livelihoods while creating sustainable opportunities in rural communities in the southern African nation.

Featured Podcast

Women’s Day: Closing the gender and technology divides to boost development

To mark International Women's Day on 8 March, this episode of The Weekly Tradecast talks about women in technology and why their success is so important for development, with Shamika N. Sirimanne, director of UNCTAD’s technology and logistics division.

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Projects

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Data and statistics for more gender-responsive trade policies in Africa, the Caucasus and Central Asia

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Enhancing the horticulture and sustainable tourism sectors of Myanmar

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Trade and Gender in the East African Community

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Women in Informal Cross-border Trade

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PACER Plus transparency and trade portals

Special Initiative

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Le 8 du mois until we're there

Recent publications

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E-commerce from a gender and development perspective

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Linking Trade and Gender towards Sustainable Development

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Fostering Women Entrepreneurship in the Digital Economy

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Empretec Women in Business: Building purpose-driven enterprises amid crises

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Exploring the role of voluntary sustainability standards in women’s economic empowerment in the agriculture sector in developing countries

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Looking at the trade and gender nexus from a development perspective: A brief overview

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Events and meetings

Online course on trade and gender linkages with a focus on e-commerce from a gender perspective

15 May 2023 - 18 Jun 2023

Gender gaps and digital solutions. Launch of UNCTAD Policy Review: E-commerce from a gender and development perspective

9 May 2023 - 9 May 2023

Geneva, Switzerland

UN Trade Forum 2023

8 May 2023 - 9 May 2023

Online and Geneva, Switzerland

Online course on trade and gender linkages with a focus on the least developed countries

13 Mar 2023 - 16 Apr 2023

Documents and publications

E-Commerce From a Gender and Development Perspective

UNCTAD/DITC/2023/1 - 04 May 2023

Linking Trade and Gender towards Sustainable Development

An Analytical and Policy Framework

UNCTAD/DITC/2022/1 - 20 Feb 2023

Fostering Women Entrepreneurship in the Digital Economy: Insights from UNCTAD’s eTrade for Women Advocates (2019-2021 Cohort)

UNCTAD/DTL/ECDE/2022/3 - 08 Dec 2022

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Empretec Women in Business: Building purpose-driven enterprises amid crises

UNCTAD/DIAE/ED/2022/1 - 21 Nov 2022

English