Rue de Lausanne, 154
in Geneva 1202
How can the Sustainable Development Goals – and specifically the transversal SDG 5 for women’s equality – help reinvigorate multilateral trading systems to bring inclusiveness, relevance and trust?
How can inclusive growth and sustainable development align with the interests and values of trade to bring us to a more inclusive trading system? Who are the potential partners in a new global coalition to use inclusive trade to effectively impact the well being of all citizens including women who have been left behind? How can we leverage trade to reduce poverty and stimulate inclusive sustainable growth? Finally, how can rights perspectives be reincorporated into the current trading system? These questions must all be considered in order to move towards an inclusive, resilient trading system that aligns gender, human rights and trade and is fit for purpose in the turbulent times ahead that present great challenge, but also great opportunity for change.
Panellists:
- Nicole Ameline, Expert, United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- Marion Bethel, Expert, United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- Stephen de Boer, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the World Trade Organization
- Jos Verbeek, Special Representative to the UN and WTO, World Bank Group Office in Geneva