Placing Business Women at the Heart of the Trading System

When:
October 03, 2018 @ 08:30 – October 03, 2018 @ 10:00
Where:
WTO Room E
Rue de Lausanne, 154
in Geneva 1202

The empowerment of women through entrepreneurship and increasing their participation in global commerce will be critical in achieving the Trade 2030 goal of a more sustainable and inclusive trading system. Further to the 2017 WTO Buenos Aires Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment, this panel will consider best practices and innovative strategies designed to assist women to globalize. This session will highlight models of support of the economic integration of women in the global marketplace, including Canada’s flagship Business Women in International Trade (BWIT) program. The panelists will elaborate on how supplier diversity programs have helped accelerate business opportunities for women in developing countries at different levels of development. This panel will also discuss how governments and public and private entities need to collaborate to build momentum to achieve a foundation for inclusive trading systems‎ which will create successful outcomes for women entrepreneurs seeking to access global markets

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