The WTO-Chairs at the University of
Jordan (UJ), University of Chile, and the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de
México on Tuesday, October 26th, jointly organized a webinar on Trade and
Gender- “How Can the International Trade Policies Empower Women and Promote
Gender Equality”.
The webinar was held using Zoom
at UJ's Atheer Center. The webinar’s featured experts from WTO, UNCTAD, OECD,
and the Austrian Federal Deputy Minister for Commerce and
Digitalization.
During the webinar, former Jordanian
Minister of Industry and Trade and Supply Maha Ali extensively covered gender
gap developments and initiatives of empowering women in Jordan and the
region.
The webinar was moderated by
Professor Taleb Awad, WTO-Chair Holder and Coordinator of the Chair Programme
at the University of Jordan.
Moreover, speakers covered important
topics including how to adjust commercial policy to economically empower women,
the role of reginal trade agreements and WTO rules in bridging gender gap,
exploring the links through which trade affects gender gap, and challenges and
opportunities to achieve gender equality and how trade affects women
differently than men.
The webinar was attended by
participants from academia, policy makers, and researchers interested in the
issue of empowering women and achieving gender equality through trade. The
webinar is part of the academic outreach activities supported by WTO.