Delivering opportunities for Women

When:
March 08, 2018 @ 09:30 – March 08, 2018 @ 13:00
Where:
World Trade Organization, Room S3
Rue de Lausanne 154
in Geneva 1202
Contact:
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WTO INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - DELIVERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN

8 March 2018 – Room S3

 

Programme:

9:30-10:30    Opening - What role for trade and the WTO in women's economic empowerment?

Speakers: 
•    Roberto Azevêdo, WTO Director-General and International Gender Champion
•    AmbassadorJunichi Ihara, Chair of the General Council, Japan
•    Ambassador Syed Tauqir Shah of Pakistan to the WTO and International Gender Champion
•    Saadia Zahidi, Head of Education, Gender and Work System Initiative, Member of Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
•  Claire Somerville, Executive Director, Gender Centre. Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva

•  Mónica Galeote, Senior Policy Advisor, IKEA Group

Moderator: Gabrielle Marceau, Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division, WTO

10:30-11:30    WTO Members in action to empower women: the Buenos Aires Declaration on Trade and Gender and beyond

Speakers: 
•    Ambassador Harald Aspelund of Iceland and International Gender Champion, co-chair of the International Gender Champions Trade Impact Group
•    Ambassador Christopher Onyanga Aparr, Uganda
•    Ambassador Negash Kebret Botora, Ethiopia 
•    Deputy Permanent Representative Margaret Mary Lungu Kaemba, Zambia

Moderator: tbc

11:30-11:45    Coffee break

11:45-12:45     Women empowerment at work in the WTO – what's new and what's next?

Speakers: 
•    Anoush der Boghossian, Trade and Gender Focal Point, Development Division, WTO
•    Annette Ssemuwemba, Deputy Executive Director, Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)
•    Simon Padilla,  Economic Affairs Officer, Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) 
•    Roberta Piermartini, Chief of Section, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO 
•    Christian Dahoui, Director of Human Resources, WTO 

Moderator: Anoush der Boghossian, Trade and Gender Focal Point, Development Division, WTO

12:45-13:00    Conclusion and closing 

 

All events taking place during International Women's Week can be found here.