'Securing our common future: Promoting gender-responsive disarmament and security'

UN Secretary-General’s Agenda for Disarmament and concrete measures to achieve the Agenda’s call for the “equal, full and effective participation of women in all decision-making processes related to disarmament”.
October 15, 2018 @ 13:15

Plan International- The International Day of the Girl 2018

This event will have as its objective to inspire leaders to make long-term commitments to make Geneva more girl- and young woman-friendly, and how leaders in Geneva can meaningfully engage young women in their work and empower them to make change.
October 11, 2018 @ 12:00

Fear as a driving force? Sketch of a reflection on the effects of fear on the Quebec feminist movement

The purpose of this seminar is to provide an exchange platform for students, including doctoral students, whose research incorporates a gender perspective.
October 04, 2018 @ 12:30

Disrupting the Gender Digital Divide: What Role for International Trade Policy?

This session will explore the opportunities to design and implement international trade policy to support women in e-commerce with Australia, Danish and Australian academics and TradeMark East Africa at the WTO Public Forum. An IGC Trade Impact Group event.
October 04, 2018 @ 11:30

Data and Statistics for Gender-Responsive Trade Policy

What statistical issues are at stake when we talk about “gender and trade” and which data are necessary for gender-responsive trade policy? Join UNCTAD, Global Affairs Canada, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Sweden, OECD and Equal Measures 2030 for a robust early-morning discussion at the WTO Public Forum. An IGC Trade Impact Group event.
October 04, 2018 @ 08:30

Placing Business Women at the Heart of the Trading System

Further to the 2017 WTO Buenos Aires Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment, what are the best practices and innovative strategies designed to assist women to globalise? Come and find out during an insightful discussion between key stakeholders at the WTO Public Forum. An IGC Trade Impact Group event.
October 03, 2018 @ 08:30

WTO Public Forum 2018 – IGC Trade Impact Group Events

The Trade Impact Group is organizing a series of interconnected events that continue the Buenos Aires Declaration on Women and Trade conversation at the WTO Public Forum. 'Aligning Gender, Rights and Trade'; 'Data and Statistics for Gender-Responsive Trade Policy'; 'Placing Business Women at the Heart of the Trading System: Innovative Models at Work'; 'Disrupting the Gender Digital Divide: What Role for International Trade Policy?'
October 02, 2018 @ 15:30

Aligning Gender, Rights and Trade: Towards an inclusive resilient trading system

The World Bank, CEDAW Experts, Canada and Women@theTable discuss aligning gender, human rights and trade and how to make the system more resilient and inclusive at the WTO Public Forum. An IGC Trade Impact Group event.
October 02, 2018 @ 15:30

Women constructing peace in Colombia. Dialogues of knowledge, gender and local practices in the post-agreements

The final peace agreements in Colombia were signed in 2016 after more that fifty years of war. While enormous challenges to implement them remain, multiple local gendered practices of peace construction can be observed.
October 02, 2018 @ 09:00